ABSTRACT: Accurate studies on the effect of substituents on the crystal packing are essential for understanding the inter-molecular inter-actions and thus paving the way to crystal structure prediction. The crystal structures of diethyl 1-(4-chloro-benz-yl)-4-(4-chloro-phen-yl)-2,2-dioxo-3,4,6,7,8,8a-hexa-hydro-1H-pyrrolo-[2,1-c][1,4]thiazine-1,3-di-carboxyl-ate, C26H29Cl2NO6S, (I), and its isomorphous pair diethyl 1-(4-methyl-benz-yl)-4-(4-methyl-phen-yl)-2,2-dioxo-3,4,6,7,8,8a-hexa-hydro-1H-pyrrolo-[2,1-c][1,4]thia-zine-1,3-di-carboxyl-ate, C28H35NO6S, (II), are described. The mol-ecular aggregation patterns appear to be strikingly similar despite changes in the substituents, with a Cl atom in