Ethyl 5-cyano-8-nitro-2,3,4,4a,5,6-hexahydro-1H-pyrido[1,2-a]quinoline-5-carboxylate.

In the title compound, C17H19N3O4, the piperidine ring adopts a chair conformation. The crystal structure features inversion dimers linked by pairs of weak C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds.