2-Methyl-3-phenyl-sulfinyl-1-benzofuran.

ABSTRACT: The title compound, C(15)H(12)O(2)S, was prepared by the oxidation of 2-methyl-3-phenyl-sulfanyl-1-benzofuran with 3-chloro-peroxy-benzoic acid. The O atom and the phenyl group of the phenyl-sulfinyl substituent lie on opposite sides of the plane of the benzofuran system. The phenyl ring makes a dihedral angle of 78.76 (4)° with the benzofuran mean plane. The crystal structure is stabilized by π-π inter-actions between the furan and benzene rings of neighbouring mol-ecules [centroid-centroid distance = 4.017 (3) Å]. In addition, the crystal structure exhibits inter-molecular C-H⋯π and C-H⋯O inter-actions.

SUBMITTER: Choi HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2962107 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature