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Equilibrium structures and spectroscopic constants are obtained with CCSD(T)-F12\/aug-cc-pVTZ and CCSD(T)\/aug-cc-pV(Q+d)Z, while anharmonic fundamentals\/overtones and vibrationally averaged rotational constants are computed using a rovibrational configuration interaction treatment. The results confirm HSSCl as the global minimum, with H(S)ClS higher by 0.83\u00a0eV, consistent with previous thermochemical surveys. HSSCl exhibits negligible near-UV\/visible absorption and a far-UV-dominated cross section near 200\u00a0nm, implying photochemical stability in the 200\u2013500\u00a0nm window, whereas H(S)ClS shows a strong near-UV band centered near 295\u00a0nm. Excited-state scans indicate predominantly direct, repulsive dissociation along the Cl\u2013S and S\u2013S stretching coordinates for HSSCl, favoring radical-forming channels such as SH + ClS and HS2 + Cl over ClS2 + H. 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