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organic compounds
The two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit have similar conformations. The 4-thienyl-1,4-dihydropyridine moieties adopt a flat boat conformation commonly observed for 4-aryl-1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives with the 4-thienyl group in a pseudoaxial orientation. The thienyl and phenyl rings are perpendicular to each other. The six methanol molecules in the unit cell stabilize the crystal structure through intermolecular hydrogen bonds involving the N atoms of the dihydropyridine and the piperidine rings of both molecules.