title: 2-(2-Fluoro-phen-yl)-5-iodo-7-methyl-3-methyl-sulfinyl-1-benzo-furan.
abstract: In the title compound, C16H12FIO2S, the dihedral angle between the plane of the benzo-furan ring system (r.m.s. deviation = 0.023 Å) and that of the 2-fluoro-phenyl ring is 39.78 (7)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via pairs of I⋯π contacts [3.812 (2) Å] and a π-π inter-action between the benzene rings of neighbouring mol-ecules [centroid-centroid distance = 3.821 (2) Å] into inversion dimers. These dimers are further linked by π-π inter-actions between the furan and benzene rings of neighbouring mol-ecules [centroid-centroid distance = 3.668 (2) Å]. The mol-ecules stack along the a-axis direction. In addition, C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds are observed between inversion-related dimers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Dongeui University, San 24 Kaya-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-714, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hong Dae
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, 599-1 Daeyeon 3-dong, Nam-gu, Busan 608-737, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Uk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lee