Anionic hydride adduct of 1-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-2,4-dinitrobenzene was brought into a double Mannich condensation with formaldehyde and methylamine to furnish a mixture of isomeric 3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes: 3-methyl-6-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,5-dinitro-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]non-6-ene and 3-methyl-6,6-ethylenedioxy-1,7-dinitro-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane. By means of NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, and quantum chemistry (PM3) we demonstrated that the spirocyclic isomer had chair-chair conformation with diequatorial orientation of substituents in positions 3 and 7.