The title compound, [2R,3S-(2 beta,3 beta)]-methyl 3-(benzoyloxy)-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxylate, C16H19NO4, is a metabolite of the tropane alkaloid cocaine. The molecule crystallized as the free base with the piperidine ring in a chair conformation. The tropane ring system and its methoxycarbonyl and benzoyl groups are rigid; only rotational flexibility is allowed in the conformation of the substituents.