3-Cyclo-hexyl-sulfinyl-5-iodo-2-methyl-1-benzofuran.

There are two independent mol-ecules, A and B, in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(15)H(17)ClO(2)S, in each of which the cyclo-hexyl ring adopts a chair conformation. The benzofuran units in each mol-ecule are essentially planar, with mean deviations from a least-squares plane defined by the nine constituent ring atoms of 0.006 (2) Å for A and 0.011 (2) Å for B. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O and C-H⋯π inter-actions and by two I⋯O contacts [I⋯O = 3.079 (2) and 3.017 (2) Å].