Ethyl 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hy-droxy-2-(5-meth-oxy-1H-indol-3-yl)propionate.

In the title compound, C(14)H(14)F(3)NO(4), the 3,3,3-trifluoro-pyruvate fragment has a syn configuration and is noncoplanar with the indole plane [dihedral angle = 84.87 (5)°]. In the crystal, mol-ecules form inversion-related dimers via pairs of inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.