9-(2,4-Difluorophenyl)-3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-3,4,5,6,7,9-hexahydro-2H-xanthene-1,8-dione

In the title compound, C23H24F2O3, the central pyran ring has a flat-boat conformation, whereas the two fused cyclohexenone rings adopt envelope conformations, with the C atom bearing the dimethyl substituent being the flap atom in each case. The pyran ring mean plane and the difluorophenyl ring are almost normal to each other, making a dihedral angle of 87.55 (4)°. In the crystal, molecules are linked by pairs of C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers with an R 2 2(8) ring motif. The F atom at position 2 on the difluorophenyl ring is disordered over the 2- and 6-positions, and has a refined occupancy ratio of 0.932 (3):0.068 (3).