2-(2-Fluoro­phen­yl)-5-iodo-7-methyl-3-methyl­sulfinyl-1-benzo­furan

In the title compound, C(16)H(12)FIO(2)S, the dihedral angle between the plane of the benzo­furan ring system (r.m.s. deviation = 0.023 Å) and that of the 2-fluoro­phenyl ring is 39.78 (7)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked via pairs of I⋯π contacts [3.812 (2) Å] and a π–π inter­action between the benzene rings of neighbouring mol­ecules [centroid–centroid distance = 3.821 (2) Å] into inversion dimers. These dimers are further linked by π–π inter­actions between the furan and benzene rings of neighbouring mol­ecules [centroid–centroid distance = 3.668 (2) Å]. The mol­ecules stack along the a-axis direction. In addition, C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds are observed between inversion-related dimers.