This compound has been obtained by two related ways: 1) The reaction of the potassium salt of the nicotinic acid with oxalyl chloride in benzene gives the corresponding anhydride (II), which is condensed with 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid (III) in dioxane to yield the expected ester (IV). The reaction of (IV) with SOCl2 in dichloromethane affords 2-(nicotinoyloxy)-2-phenylacetyl chloride (V), which is finally esterified with the cyclohexanol (VI) in dichloromethane. 2) By acylation of the 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid cis-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexyl ester (VII) with nicotinoyl chloride (VIII) in pyridine.