1-Methyl-3-phenyl­sulfonyl-2-piperidone

The piperidone ring in the title compound, C(12)H(15)NO(3)S, has a slightly distorted half-chair conformation with the methyl, carbonyl and phenyl­sulfonyl ring substituents occupying equatorial, equatorial and axial positions, respectively. Mol­ecules are connected into centrosymmetric dimers via C—H⋯O inter­actions and these associate into layers via C—H⋯O—S contacts. Further C—H⋯O inter­actions involving both the carbonyl and sulfonyl O atoms consolidate the crystal packing by providing connections between the layers.