Crystal structure of 2-meth­oxy-2-[(4-methyl­phen­yl)sulfan­yl]-1-phenyl­ethan-1-one

In the title β-thio­carbonyl compound, C(16)H(16)O(2)S, the carbonyl and meth­oxy O atoms are approximately coplanar [O—C—C—O torsion angle = −18.2 (5)°] and syn to each other, and the tolyl ring is orientated to lie over them. The dihedral angle between the planes of the two rings is 44.03 (16)°. In the crystal, supra­molecular chains are formed along the c axis mediated by C—H⋯O inter­actions involving methine and methyl H atoms as donors, with the carbonyl O atom accepting both bonds; these pack with no specific inter­molecular inter­actions between them.