title: 2-[4-(Methyl-sulfon-yl)phen-yl]acetonitrile.
abstract: In the title compound, C(9)H(9)NO(2)S, the benzene ring and the acetonitrile group are approximately coplanar, with a C-C-C-C torsion angle of 1.1 (3)° between them. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into layers parallel to (001).
authors.forename: Hoong-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Fun
authors.forename: Ching Kheng
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Quah
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sumangala
authors.forename: D Jagadeesh
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Boja
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Poojary