(4R*,4aR*,7aS*)-5-Oxo-6-phenyl-4a,5,6,7,7a,8-hexahydro-4H-furo[2,3-f]isoindole-4-carboxylic acid

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C17H15NO4, contains two independent molecules with similar geometric parameters. In both molecules, the conformation of the cyclohexene ring is half-chair, while the pyrrolidinone ring adopts an envelope conformation with the γ-carbon atom of the α-pyrrolidinone ring as the flap. In the crystal, O—H...O hydrogen bonds between the carboxylic and carbonyl groups link alternate independent molecules into chains propagating in the b-axis direction. The crystal packing also features weak C—H...π interactions.