2,3-c]pyrazole]-5'-carbonitrile. -With a view to the broad spectrum of biological activities of spiro oxoindoles the title compounds, e.g. (V), are prepared. -(KURBATOV*, E. S.; STARIKOVA, Z. A.; KRASNIKOV, V. V.; MEZHERITSKII, V. V.; Russ. J. Org. Chem. 42 (2006) 10, 1578-1580; Inst. Phys. Org. Chem., Rostov State Univ., Rostov-on-Don 344090, Russia; Eng.) -H. Haber 13-135