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In the title bischalcone, C17H12Br2O, the olefinic double bonds are almost coplanar with their attached 4-bromophenyl rings [torsion angles = −10.2 (4) and −6.2 (4)°], while the carbonyl double bond is in an s-trans conformation with with respect to one of the C=C bonds and an s-cis conformation with respect to the other [C=C—C=O = 160.7 (3) and −15.2 (4)°, respectively]. The dihedral angle between the 4-bromophenyl rings is 51.56 (2)°. In the crystal, molecules are linked into a zigzag chain propagating along [001] by weak C—H...π interactions. The conformations of related bischalcones are surveyed and a Hirshfeld surface analysis is used to investigate and quantify the intermolecular contacts.

In the bischalcone molecule of the title compound, C24H18O4·2C3H7NO, the central benzene and terminal hydroxyphenyl rings form a dihedral angle of 14.28 (11)° and the central C=C double bond adopts a trans configuration. In the crystal, the bischalcone and solvate molecules are interconnected via O—H...O hydrogen bonds, which were investigated by Hirshfeld surface analysis. Solid-state fluorescence was measured at λex = 4400 Å. The emission wavelength appeared at 5510 Å, which corresponds to yellow light and the solid-state fluorescence quantum yield (Ff) is 0.18.

In the title compounds, (2E,2′E)-3,3′-(1,4-phenylene)bis[1-(2-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one], C26H22O4 (I), (2E,2′E)-3,3′-(1,4-phenylene)bis[1-(3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one], C26H22O4 (II) and (2E,2′E)-3,3′-(1,4-phenylene)bis[1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one], C28H26O6 (III), the asymmetric unit consists of a half-molecule, completed by crystallographic inversion symmetry. The dihedral angles between the central and terminal benzene rings are 56.98 (8), 7.74 (7) and 7.73 (7)° for (I), (II) and (III), respectively. In the crystal of (I), molecules are linked by pairs of C—H...π interactions into chains running parallel to [101]. The packing for (II) and (III), features inversion dimers linked by pairs of C—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming R22(16) and R22(14) ring motifs, respectively, as parts of [201] and [101] chains, respectively.