Bis(phenyl­sulfin­yl)methane

Abstract

Two independent mol­ecules comprise the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C13H12O2S2, which differ in terms of minor variations in the relative orientations of the benzene rings [the O–S–C–C torsion angles for the first independent mol­ecule are −6.66 (17) and −12.88 (19)° compared with −21.70 (18) and 4.83 (16)° for the second mol­ecule]. Supra­molecular chains sustained by C—H⋯O contacts and aligned along the a axis are found in the crystal structure. These are held in place in the three dimensional structure by C—H⋯π inter­actions