By interaction of diethyl-4-hydroxy-4-methyl-6-oxo-2-phenylcyclohexane-1,3-dicarboxylate with ethanolamine in alcohol environment there has been obtained diethyl-6-hydroxy-4-(2-hydroxyethilamino)-6-methyl-2-phenyl­cyclo­hex-3-ene-1,3-dicarboxylate, and by X-ray structural analysis the molecular crystal structure of the latter established. X-ray structural analysis data have determined the conformation of the cyclohexene ring as a distorted half-chair. Orientation of al the substituents, except the OH group is pseudo-equatorial. As well, there have been revealed the intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds