Structure Reports Online

Volume 66, Part 1 (January 2010)

organic compounds

Acta Cryst. (2010). E66, o44 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809051642 ]

2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-5-iodo-3-methylsulfinyl-1-benzofuran

H. D. Choi, P. J. Seo, B. W. Son and U. Lee

Abstract: In the title compound, C₁₅H₁₀FIO₂S, the O atom and the methyl group of the methylsulfinyl substituent are located on opposite sides of the plane through the benzofuran fragment. The 4-fluorophenyl ring is rotated out of the benzofuran plane by a dihedral angle of 28.33 (5)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by a weak non-classical intermolecular C-HO hydrogen bond and an IO halogen interaction [3.211 (1) Å].