N,N′-(Ethane-1,2-diyl)dibenzenecarbo-thioamide

The title compound, C16H16N2S2, adopts a gauche(broken vertical bar) -gauche(broken vertical bar) -gauche(broken vertical bar) (g(broken vertical bar) g(broken vertical bar) g(broken vertical bar)) conformation in the NH-CH2-CH2-NH bond sequence. In the crystal, molecules are connected by pairs of N-H center dot center dot center dot S=C hydrogen bonds and C-H center dot center dot center dot pi interactions, forming a tape structure along the c-axis direction.