The structure of peri-hydroxy-and peri-methoxy-substituted aldehydes and ketones of the naphthalene, acenaphthene, and acenaphthylene series and the nature of intramolecular interactions between the perisubstituents therein were determined by spectral (IR, UV, 1 H NMR), X-ray diffraction, and quantum-chemical methods.Naphthalene derivatives having hydroxy and carbonyl groups in the neighboring peri positions play an important role as potential precursors of peri-fused heterocyclic systems [1][2][3]. In addition, these compounds are unique models for studying so-called [4, 5] "peri effects" (hydrogen bonds, electrophilic interactions, ring-chain tautomerism, and other interactions between the peri substituents) [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. While studying the reactivity and predicting chemical properties of peri-hydroxy carbonyl compounds, it is strongly desirable to know specific features of the structure of perihydroxy carbonyl moiety and the nature of peri effects therein.Possible types of intramolecular interactions in peri-hydroxy-and peri-methoxy-substituted aldehydes and ketones are illustrated by structures A-F shown in Scheme 1. Structure A corresponds to classical intramolecular hydrogen bond [14] connecting the two electronegative oxygen atoms with closure of sevenmembered H-chelate ring. Rupture of that hydrogen bond by the action of polar solvents (S) creates conditions for the formation of structure B which reflects intramolecular attractive electrophile-nucleophile interactions between the peri substituents. In this case, lone electron pair on the hydroxy oxygen atom is attracted via electrostatic forces to the electron-deficient