“…According to the authors′ knowledge, most 1,8-diaroylnaphthalene derivatives have anti-oriented structures. Recently, we have also clarified another structure of the 1,8-diaroylnaphthalene derivatives, where the two aroyl groups are situated in same direction (syn-orientation), 2,7-dimethoxy-1,8-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)naphthalene (Hijikata et al, 2010) and 1,8-bis(4-isopropoxybenzoyl)-2,7-dimethoxynaphthalene [{2,7-dimethoxy-8-[4-(propan-2-yloxy)-benzoyl]naphthalen-1-yl}[4-(propan-2-yloxy)phenyl]methanone] (Sasagawa, Takeuchi et al, 2013). As a part of our ongoing studies on the molecular structures of these kinds of homologous molecules, the X-ray crystal structure of the title compound, 1,8-diaroylated naphthalene bearing ethoxy groups on the aroyl moieties, is discussed herein.…”