The title compound, [Pd(C17H17NO5)(C5H5N)], is the diastereomer with opposite configurations at the two chiral centers, and is racemic. The two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit differ in conformation primarily by a rotation of 167.0(6)degrees about the C-C-ester bond. The Pd-O bond lengths are 2.105(3) and 2.080 (3) Angstrom, and the Pd-C distances are 2.106(4) and 2.117 (3) Angstrom.