1,3-Bis(phenyl­sufanylmeth­yl)benzene

The complete mol­ecule of the title compound, C(20)H(18)S(2), is generated by crystallographic mirror symmetry, with two C atoms lying on the mirror plane. All of the independent atoms are contained within two planes defined by the thio­phenyl rings (C(6)S) and the central phenyl ring with the methyl­ene bridge; the r.m.s deviations of these planes are 0.012 and 0.025 Å, respectively. The two planes are almost perpendicular to one another at a dihedral angle of 80.24 (10)°. Inter­molecular C—H—π inter­actions are present in the crystal structure.