sulfanes [obsolete]

A term including hydropolysulfides, polysulfanes, polysulfides. Use is discouraged because of confusion with the newer systematic name sulfane, H2S, and the numerous names derived therefrom.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307 (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1367