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metal-organic compounds
The structure of the title compound consists of a neutral [Mo(C5H10NS2)3(NS)] unit, with the ligands arranged in a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal configuration. The thionitrosyl ligand occupys an axial site, with an N—S bond length of 1.568 (4) Å. At 2.6083 (14) Å, the axial Mo—S bond is considerably elongated with respect to those in the pentagonal plane [average 2.509 (16) Å].