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The decarboxylative carbon-carbon bond formation reaction of β-ketoacid derivatives with isatylidene malononitrile derivatives catalyzed by DBU afford adducts in excellent yield. The desired product can be easily isolated using simple filtration method without performing any column chromatography. The decarboxylative adduct was further subjected to reductive-cyclization to obtain biologically important spirooxindoles in 89% yield.