(7R,8R,8aS)-8-Hydr-oxy-7-phenyl-per-hydro-indolizin-3-one.

The absolute configuration of the title compound, C(14)H(17)NO(2), was assigned from the synthesis. There are two mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. Their geometries are very similar and corresponding bond lengths are almost identical [mean deviation for all non-H atoms = 0.