3-Methyl­sulfinyl-2-phenyl-1-benzofuran

The title compound, C(15)H(12)O(2)S, was prepared by the oxidation of 3-methyl­sulfanyl-2-phenyl-1-benzofuran with 3-chloro­peroxy­benzoic acid. The phenyl ring makes a dihedral angle of 37.65 (8)° with the plane of the benzofuran fragment. The O atom and the methyl group of the methyl­sulfinyl substituent lie on opposite sides of the plane of the benzofuran ring system. The crystal structure is stabilized by aromatic π–π inter­actions between the benzene rings of neighbouring mol­ecules [centroid–centroid distance = 3.549 (2) Å] and by inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions.