Through the reaction of Co
2(CO)
8with four thiuram [R
2NC(S)S]
2, four new sulfur capped trinuclear cobalt carbonyl clusters Co
3(CO)
7(μ
3-S)(μ,η
2-S
*C
*NR
2)(Ⅰ: R=Me; Ⅱ: R=Et; Ⅲ: R= i-Pr; Ⅳ: NR=

, were prepared and characterized by elementary analysis, IR,
1HNMR and MS spectroscopy. The crystal structure of the cluster Co
3(CO)
7(μ
3-S)[μ,η
2-S
*C
*N(i-Pr)
2] (Ⅲ) was determined by X-ray single crystal diffraction method. The crystal of Ⅲ is monoclinic, belonging to space group P2
1/n, and the cell parameters are as follows: a =1.1452(2) nm, b =1.5028(3)nm, c =1.2144(2) nm; α=90°, β=92.15(3)°, γ=90°; V=2.0885(7) nm
3, Z =4, F(000)=1096, D
c=1.747 mg·m
-3, μ=2.588 mm
-1, R =0.0407, R
w=0.0624. The structural analysis shows that cluster Ⅲ has a pyrimidal Co
3S framework and contains a heterocylic bridging bidentate ligand[μ,η
2-S
*C
*N(i-Pr)
2] linked to the Co2 and Co3 atoms of the cluster by a cobalt-carbon and a cobalt-sulfur bond respectively.