Two chalcone compounds, namely (E)-1-phenyl-3-[(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)]prop-2-en-1-one (1) and (E)-1-phenyl-3-[(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)]prop-2-en-1-one (2), have been synthesized and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, H-1 NMR spectrum, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The chalcone molecules in (1) and (2) have the common skeleton of 1,3-diaryl-2-propen-1-one and adopt an (E)-configuration about the C = C double bonds. In addition, X-ray analysis reveals that the pi center dot center dot center dot pi stacking interactions are well observed in the crystal structure of (1) and (2).