In the title compounds, C22H20N2O4S, (I), and C22H19ClN2O4S, (II), the pyrrolidine rings have twist conformations on the spiro–spiro C—C bonds. In (I), the five-membered ring of the oxindole moiety has an envelope conformation with the spiro C atom as the flap, while in (II) this ring is flat (r.m.s. deviation = 0.042 Å). The mean planes of the pyrrolidine rings are inclined to the mean planes of the indole units [r.m.s deviations = 0.073 and 0.069 Å for (I) and (II), respectively] and the benzothiophene ring systems (r.m.s. deviations = 0.019 and 0.034 Å for (I) and (II), respectively) by 79.57 (8) and 88.61 (7)° for (I), and by 81.99 (10) and 88.79 (10)° for (II). In both compounds, the ethoxycarbonyl group occupies an equatorial position with an extended conformation. The overall conformation of the two molecules differs in the angle of inclination of the indole unit with respect to the benzothiophene ring system, with a dihedral angle between the planes of 71.59 (5) in (I) and 82.27 (7)° in (II). In the crystal of (I), molecules are linkedviapairs of N—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers enclosingR22(14) loops. The dimers are linkedviaC—H...O and bifurcated C—H...O(O) hydrogen bonds, forming sheets lying parallel to (100). In the crystal of (II), molecules are again linkedviapairs of N—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers but enclosing smallerR22(8) loops. Here, the dimers are linked by C—H...O hydrogen bonds, forming ribbons propagating along [010].

In the title compound, the acenapthylene ring system and the hydrazinecarbo­thio­amide unit (=N—NH—C=S—NH–) are essentially coplanar, making a dihedral angle of 1.59 (9)°. The mol­ecular conformation is stabilized by two weak intra­molecular hydrogen bonds (N—H⋯O and N—H⋯N), which generate S(6) and S(5) ring motifs.

In the title compound, C 12 H 11 N 3 O 2 S, the dihedral angle between the 4H-chromen-4-one ring system and the -CH N-NH-CS-NH-unit is 6.22 (1) . In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of N-HÁ Á ÁO hydrogen bonds generate R 2 2 (14) loops. The dimers are reinforced by a pair of C-HÁ Á ÁO interactions, which generate R 2 2 (10) loops.

In the title compound, C26H16N6O, the dihedral angles between the central pyrrole ring and the pendant indole ring system (r.m.s. deviation = 0.027 Å) and the azide-bearing benzene ring are 37.56 (8) and 51.62 (11)°, respectively. The azide group is almost coplanar with its attached benzene ring [C—C—N—N = 3.8 (3)°]. The benzoyl benzene ring is disordered over two orientations twisted with respect to each other by 9.29 (8)° in a 0.514 (2):0.486 (2) ratio. In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of Np—H⋯O (p = pyrrole) hydrogen bonds generate R 2 2(10) loops. A second inversion dimer arises from a pair of Ni—H⋯Nc (i = indole and c = cyanide) hydrogen bonds, which generates an R 2 2(16) loop. Together, the hydrogen bonds lead to [011] chains in the crystal.

The title compound, C18H20N2OS, displays whole-mol­ecule disorder over two adjacent sets of sites with an occupancy ratio of 0.630 (11):0.370 (11). In each disorder component, the cyclo­hexyl ring shows a chair conformation with the exocyclic C—C bond in an equatorial orientation. The dihedral angles between the cyclo­hexyl ring (all atoms) and the naphthyl ring system are 36.9 (6) for the major component and 20.7 (12)° for the minor component. Each component features an intra­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond, which closes an S(5) ring. In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds generate R 2 2(8) loops for both components. Aromatic π–π stacking inter­actions [shortest centroid–centroid separation = 3.593 (9) Å] and a C—H⋯π inter­action are also observed.