Crystal structure of 5-chloro-2,7-dimethyl-3-[(4-methyl­phenyl)­sulfon­yl]-1-benzo­furan

In the title compound, C(17)H(15)ClO(3)S, the dihedral angle between the planes of the benzo­furan ring system [r.m.s. deviation = 0.008 Å] and the 4-methyl­phenyl ring is 77.29 (4)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by π–π inter­actions between the benzene rings of neighbouring mol­ecules [centroid–centroid distance = 3.847 (2) Å] and between the benzene and furan rings of neighbouring mol­ecules [centroid–centroid distance = 3.743 (2) Å]. The mol­ecules are stacked along the a-axis direction. In addition, pairs of C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds are observed between inversion-related dimers: these generate R (2) (2)(12) loops.