Methyl 4,6-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-2-oxocyclohex-3-ene-1-carboxylate

The 3-cyclohexene units adopt envelope conformations in each of the two independent molecules that comprise the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C20H16F2O3. The dihedral angles between the two fluorophenyl rings are 79.7 (2) and 73.7 (2)degrees in the two molecules. In one of the molecules, two C-H groups of the cyclohexene ring are disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.818 (13): 0.182 (13) ratio, the major and minor components corresponding to the two enantiomeric forms of the molecule. Weak intermolecular C-H center dot center dot center dot O interactions help to stabilize the crystal structure.