(4RS)-Methyl 4-cyano-4-cyclo-hexyl-4-phenyl-butano-ate.
In the crystal structure of the title compound, C(18)H(23)NO(2), there are only van der Waals inter-actions present. The cyclo-hexyl ring has a chair conformation. The longer axes of the displacement parameters of the non-H atoms forming the ethyl-methyl-carboxyl-ate skeleton are perpendicular to the plane through the non-H atoms of this skeleton.
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730070,  People's Republic of China.
Gui-Sheng
GS
Sun
Yu-Lai
YL
Hu
Dan-Feng
DF
Huang
Chang-Ming
CM
Xu