organic compounds
The piperidine and cyclohexane rings in the title compound, C19H25NO3, are trans-fused and adopt boat and chair conformations, respectively. The phenyl and ester substituents are oriented axially with respect to the decahydroquinoline moiety. The N atom of the piperidine ring exists in a planar configuration. The keto O atom of the ester group exhibits positional disorder, with an 80:20 population ratio. The crystal structure is stabilized by C—HO hydrogen bonds.