Rae, A DavidLinden, AnthonyMajchrzak, AgnieszkaMloston, GrzegorzHeimgartner, Heinz2015-12-130108-7681http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77657The title compound crystallizes in the space group P21/n and may be described by a partial ordering of a 1:1 disordered P21/a parent structure with the c axis halved. The pentasulfane chain completes a full turn of a helix, which gives molecules containing left- or right-handed helices similar spatial requirements and allows them to be interchanged. The structure can be redescribed as containing 0.732 (1) of an ordered P21/n structure and 0.268 (1) of a 1:1 disordered P21/a structure, implying that 0.134 (1) of the molecule sites contain molecules of the opposite hand to that predicted by an ordered P21/n structure. It is found that the average molecular position in the asymmetric unit is not the same for each component and that these structural differences must be recognized to obtain a satisfactory refinement.Keywords: Crystallization; Molecules; Structure (composition); Compound crystallization; Pentasulfane chain; Paraffins200410.1107/S01087681040106992015-12-11