5-Fluoro-2-(4-iodophenyl)-3-methylsulfinyl-1-benzofuran

In the title compound, C15H10FIO2S, the O atom and the methyl group of the methylsulfinyl substituent lie on opposite sides of the plane through the benzofuran fragment. The 4-iodophenyl ring is rotated out of the benzofuran plane by a dihedral angle of 39.4 (1)degrees. The crystal structure is stabilized by an intermolecular C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bond and an I center dot center dot center dot O halogen bond [3.055 (2) angstrom]. The crystal structure also exhibits an intermolecular C-H center dot center dot center dot pi interaction between the methyl H atom and the 4-iodophenyl ring of an adjacent benzofuran molecule, and aromatic pi-pi interactions between the benzene rings of neighbouring benzofuran systems [centroid-centroid distance = 3.558 (3) angstrom].