%0 Journal Article %T Diethyl 4-(4-acetamidophenyl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate %A Yiliang Zhao %A David E. Hibbs %A Paul W. Groundwater %A Abram Wassef %J Acta Crystallographica Section E %D 2012 %I International Union of Crystallography %R 10.1107/s160053681202750x %X The title compound, C21H26N2O5, was unexpectedly obtained as a by-product in the reaction of ethyl acetoacetate, 4-acetamidobenzaldehyde and urea under microwave irradiation. The dihydropyridine ring assumes a flattened boat conformation. Intermolecular N¡ªH...O and weak C¡ªH...O hydrogen bonding occurs in the crystal. %U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S160053681202750X