Combined experimental and theoretical approaches to the molecular structure of 4-(1-formylnaphthalen-2-yloxy)phthalonitrile.

The novel compound 4-(1-formylnaphthalen-2-yloxy)phthalonitrile, C(19)H(10)N(2)O(2,) has been synthesized and characterized by IR, UV-vis, NMR and X-ray single-crystal determination. The title compound, is built up from two planar groups (naphthalen and phthalonitrile), with a dihedral angle of 64.10(4)° between them.