Crystal and Molecular Structure Studies of Ethyl 4-(4- Hydroxyphenyl)-6-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)-2-oxocyclohex-3- Ene-1-carboxylate and Ethyl 4-(3-bromophenyl)-6-(6-methoxy- 2-naphthyl)-2-oxocyclohex-3-ene-1-carboxylate

The crystal and molecular structures of the title compounds, ethyl


General
The two cyclohexene carboxylates (I) and (II) were prepared by the method of Mayekar et al. [19], Scheme 1. Scheme 1.The synthesis of (I) and (II).

Figure 2 .
Figure 2. Molecular structure of (I) showing the atom labeling scheme and 30% probability displacement ellipsoids.Only the 0.690(2) occupancy disordered atoms are shown.The dihedral angle between the least squares planes of the benzene and naphthalene rings is 71.7(8)°.

Figure 3 .
Figure 3. Molecular structure of (II) showing the atom labeling scheme and 30% probability displacement ellipsoids.Only the 0.830(6) occupancy disordered atoms are shown.The dihedral angle between the least squares planes of the benzene and naphthalene rings is 64.9(9)°.

Figure 4 .
Figure 4. Packing diagram of (I) viewed along the a axis.

Figure 5 .
Figure 5. Packing diagram of (II) viewed along the a axis.