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A one-pot three-component 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction was employed for the formation of spiropyrrolidines from 1-(4-bromophenyl)-ferrocene-prop-2-en-1-one and azomethine ylides, which were developed in situ from tyrosine, glycine, and isatin, respectively. Various spectroscopic methods were used to establish the structures of spiropyrrolidines, and a single crystal X-ray diffraction study of a spiropyrrolidine provided additional confirmation. The crystallographic study revealed that compound 3a has one independent molecule in its unit cell, which is correlated with Hirshfeld surface analysis, and describes intramolecular contacts adversely. 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