Compounds having the structures
RS2H,
RS3H
...
RSnH,
in which
Sn
is a chain of sulfur atoms, and
R
is
hydrocarbyl. Some people exclude hydrodisulfides from the class hydropolysulfides.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1342