1,4-Bis­(4-meth­oxy­phen­yl)naphthalene

The title naphthalene derivative, C(24)H(20)O(2), features 4-methy­oxy-substituted benzene rings in the 1 and 4 positions of the naphthalene ring system. There are two crystallographically independent mol­ecules (A and B) in asymmetric unit. The independent mol­ecules have very similar conformations in which the naphthalene ring systems are only slightly bent, exhibiting dihedral angles between the constituent benzene rings of 3.76 (15) and 3.39 (15)° for A and B, respectively. The pendent 4-methyoxybenzene rings are splayed out of the plane through the naphthalene ring system to which they are connected [range of dihedral angles = 59.63 (13) to 67.09 (13)°]. In the crystal, the mol­ecular packing is consolidated by inter­molecular C—H⋯π inter­actions, leading to supra­molecular chains along the b axis. The chains assemble without directional inter­actions between them. [Image: see text]