3-Hydroxy-2-[(2-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-6-oxocyclohex-1-en-1-yl)(3-nitrophenyl)methyl]-5,5-dimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-one

Each of the cyclohexenone rings in the title compound, C23H27NO6, adopts a half-chair (envelope) conformation with the C atom carrying the methyl groups lying out of the plane defined by the five remaining C atoms; the O atoms lie to the same side of the molecule as the respective >C(CH3)2 atoms. The hydroxy and carbonyl O atoms face each other and are orientated to allow for the formation of two intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds. In the crystal, the presence of C—H...O contacts leads to the formation of supramolecular chains along the b axis. These aggregate into layers that stack along c.