2-(4-Iodo­phen­yl)-5-methyl-3-methyl­sulfinyl-1-benzofuran

The title compound, C(16)H(13)IO(2)S, was prepared by the oxidation of 2-(4-iodo­phen­yl)-5-methyl-3-methyl­sulfanyl-1-benzofuran with 3-chloro­peroxy­benzoic acid. The 4-iodo­phenyl ring makes a dihedral angle of 37.97 (9)° with the plane of the benzofuran fragment, and the O atom and the methyl group of the methyl­sulfinyl substituent lie on opposite sides of this plane. The mol­ecular packing is stabilized by C—H⋯π inter­actions between H atoms on the 4-iodo­phenyl ring and the benzofuran rings, and by an I⋯O halogen bond of 3.252 (2) Å with a nearly linear C—I⋯O angle of 163.06 (8)°. In addition, the stacked mol­ecules exhibit inversion-related S⋯O contacts [3.209 (2) Å] involving the sulfinyl groups.