5-Cyclo-hexyl-2-(4-fluoro-phen-yl)-3-phenyl-sulfinyl-1-benzo-furan.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C26H23FO2S, contains two independent mol-ecules (A and B), in both of which the cyclo-hexyl ring adopts a chair conformation. The benzo-furan ring systems, the 4-fluoro-phenyl and phenyl rings are essentially planar, with r.m.s. deviations of 0.008 (1), 0.002 (1) and 0.003 (1) Å, respectively, for mol-ecule A, and 0.016 (1), 0.004 (1) and 0.002 (1) Å, respectively, for mol-ecule B. The dihedral angles between the benzo-furan ring system and the pendant 4-fluoro-phenyl and phenyl rings are 12.3 (7) and 85.42 (4)°, respectively, for mol-ecule A, and 39.67 (6) and 72.17 (4)°, respectively, for mol-ecule B. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak C-H⋯O and C-H⋯π inter-actions, resulting in a three-dimensional network.