The condensation of 3-methyl-1-phenyl-5-pyrrolidinopyrazole-4-carboxaldehyde with N, N- dimethylbarbituric acid or Meldrum's acid followed by cyclization of the Knövenagel product by in a 'tert-amino effect'reaction resulted in the heterocyclic spiroderivatives of pyrazolo [3, 4- e] indolizine.