title: Ethyl 4-acetyl-5-oxo-3-phenyl-hexa-noate.
abstract: The reaction of ethyl 3-bromo-3-phenyl-propano-ate with pentane-2,4-dione, in the presence of palladium(II) acetate and triphenyl-phosphine, in dimethyl-formamide, unexpectedly gave the title product, C(16)H(20)O(4). The mol-ecule contains one chiral C atom but the crystal is racemic. In the crystal, neighboring mol-ecules form a chain along [100] through three weak C-H⋯O inter-actions. Furthermore, a double-stranded structure is formed through weak C-H⋯O inter-actions between two parallel chains.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecular-Based Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yimin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu