“…Synthesis and characterization of NDHP Scheme 1s hows the chemical structure and synthetic route of NDHP.T he reaction of the startingc ompound 2,6-dimethyl-4pyrone (1)w ith 5,5-dimethylcyclohexane-1,3-dione in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) gave 4 H-pyran derivative 2, [28] which further reactedw ith phenethylamine in acetonitrile to afford 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative 3. [28] The target compound NDHP was facilely prepared with ay ield of 67.4 %b yt he Knoevenagel reaction of compound 3 and 2-naphthaldehyde in the presence of K 2 CO 3 .T he chemical structure of NDHP was fully characterized by mass spectroscopies, 1 HNMR and 13 CNMR spectroscopy,e lemental analysis, and single-crystal structure analysis. NDHP has good solubility in CH 2 Cl 2 ,C HCl 3 ,t etrahydrofuran (THF), CH 3 CN, ethyl acetate (EA), methanol, ande thanol, but low solubility in water.…”