1-(2-Naphthyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

The crystal structure of the title compound, C₁₉H₁₃NO₃, has been solved by direct methods and refined to a final R value of 0.058. The molecule is found to have an s-cis conformation for the ketone system with a torsion angle of -19.4 (6)°. The molecules are packed via van der Waals-type interactions.

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