Structure
The structure of hydrogen disulfide is similar to that of hydrogen peroxide, with two central sulfur atoms and two outer hydrogen atoms. However, the skew angle of the molecule is different, as the H-S-S bond in hydrogen disulfide has a near-standard 90° torsion angle of the syn conformer.
Skew angle in the H2S2 molecule is 90.6°, compared with 113.7° in H2O2. Molecular dimensions in these two molecules are: O-O, O-H, S-S and S-H bonds have lengths of 1.490, 0.970, 2.055 and 1.352 ångströms respectively.
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