3-(4-Bromophenylsulfinyl)-5-fluoro-2-methyl-1-benzofuran

There are two symmetry-independent mol-ecules, A and B, in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C 15H 10BrFO 2S. The dihedral angle formed by the 4-bromo-phenyl ring and the mean plane of the benzofuran fragment is 88.26 (6)° in mol-ecule A and 88.25 (6)° in mol-ecule B. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak inter-molecular C - H⋯F, C - H⋯O and C - H⋯π inter-actions. The crystal structure also exhibits inter-molecular C - Br⋯π [3.737 (3) Å] inter-actions, and weak π-π inter-actions between the benzene and furan rings of neighbouring mol-ecules [centroid-centroid distance = 3.557 (3) Å, inter-planar distance = 3.421 (3) Å and slippage = 0.974 (3) Å].