The reaction between tetraethylammonium hydroxide and 2,2′-dithiobenzoic acid yields the title compound, 3C8H20N·H(C6H4O5S2)2
3−, the trianion of which comprises two 2-(sulfatosulfanyl)benzoate dianions linked across a center of inversion by an acid H atom. One of the cations is disordered about another center of inversion.



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and ω scans