Abstract
The molecule of the title compound, C17H18O3S, is essentially planar: the phenyl and thiophene rings form a dihedral angle of 2.79 (10)degrees and they are inclined to the central propenone unit by 6.20 (15) and 4.78 (15)degrees, respectively. In the crystal, molecules are connected into dimers via pairs of C-H...O interactions, generating R (2) 2(14) motifs. pi-pi stacking interactions between the thiophene rings also occur, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.8062 (12) A.