5-Iodo-2-phenyl-3-phenyl-sulfinyl-1-benzofuran.

In the title compound, C(20)H(13)IO(2)S, the O atom and the phenyl group of the phenyl-sulfinyl substituent lie on opposite sides of the plane of the benzofuran fragment; the phenyl ring is almost perpendicular to this plane [83.84 (5)°]. The phenyl ring in the 2-position is rotated out of the benzofuran plane, making a dihedral angle of 40.47 (5)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by non-classical inter-molecular C-H⋯O inter-actions, and by an I⋯O halogen bond of 3.124 (1) Å [C-I⋯O = 165.84 (5)°].