Methyl (SR)-10-chloro-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-6-hydroxy-8-methoxy-1-methyl-1,9-phenanthroline-6-carboxylate

In the title compound, C(16)H(19)ClN(2)O(4), the pyridine ring is nearly planar, the piperidine ring is non-planar and the cyclohexane ring adopts a screw-boat conformation. The carboxylate group makes a dihedral angle of 80.9 (2) degrees with the least-squares plane through the cyclohexane ring.