2-Iodo-1,3-dimethoxy­benzene

Crystals of the title compound, C(8)H(9)IO(2), were obtained from a dimethyl sulfoxide solution of 2,6-dimethoxy­benzoic acid and iodo­benzene diacetate under a nitro­gen atmosphere at 353 K. In the crystal structure, mol­ecules are linked by weak C—H⋯π inter­actions, generating inter­penetrating one-dimensional chains of perpendicularly oriented mol­ecules extending along [011] and [0[Image: see text]1]. Chains are also formed through non-bonding C—I⋯π contacts extending in the same directions, projecting a zigzag motif in view down [100]. The I⋯Cg distance is 3.695 (2) Å and the C—I⋯Cg angle is 164.17 (14)°. The mol­ecular symmetry m coincides with the mirror plane of the space group Cmc2(1), resulting in a half-mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit (Z′ = ½).