title: (E)-Ethyl 2-benzoyl-4-(naphthalen-2-yl)-4-oxobut-2-enoate.
abstract: The title compound, C(23)H(18)O(4), is a 1,4-enedione compound which contains a naphthalene ring and a benzene ring. The dihedral angle between the ring systems is 74.9 (2)°. In the crystal, the mol-ecules form π-π stacking inter-actions between naphthalene rings of inversion-related mol-ecules, with an inter-planar spacing of 3.499 (2) Å.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Liuming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang