The title compound, C(21)H(21)N(3)O(3), was synthesized by a multi-component 1,3-dipolar cyclo-addition of azomethine ylide, derived from isatin and proline by a deca-rboxylative route, and (E)-1-phenyl-2-nitro-propene. In the mol-ecule, the spiro junction links a planar oxindole ring and a pyrrolidine ring in an envelope conformation. The mol-ecular packing is stabilized by an inter-molecular ...