The crystal structure of the title compound, C23H21NO6S, has been dete
rmined. The planar carbazole ring subtends an angle of 82.7(4)degrees
with the phenylsulfonyl group. The lengthening or shortening of the C-
N bond distances [C5-N = 1.437(4), C6-N = 1.418(4) Angstrom] is due to
the electronic withdrawing character of the phenylsulfonyl group. The
S atom is in the usual distorted tetrahedral configuration.