(4 R ,6 S ,7 S ,8 S ,8a S )-6-Ethyl-7,8-dihydroxy-4-methyl-1,2,3,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydroindolizin-4-ium iodide

The title compound, C11H22NO2+·I−, is a chiral molecule with five stereogenic centres. The absolute configuration was assigned from the synthesis and confirmed by the structure determination. The central six-membered ring of the indolizine system adopts a chair conformation, with two atoms displaced by −0.690 (2) and 0.550 (2) Å from the plane of the other four atoms. The conformation of the pyrrolidine ring is close to that of an envelope, with the flap atom displaced by 0.563 (2) Å from the plane of the remaining four atoms. In the crystal, there are two O—H...I hydrogen bonds.