rac-1-[6-Hy-droxy-4-(4-meth-oxy-phen-yl)-3,6-dimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetra-hydro-2H-indazol-5-yl]ethanone.

The title compound, C(18)H(22)N(2)O(3), represents a (4S,5R,6S)-stereoisomer, crystallizing as a racemate in a centrosymmetric space group. The six-membered aliphatic ring adopts a half-chair conformation, with the hy-droxy- and acetyl-substituted C atoms deviating by 0.458 (2) and -0.