Indolinone derivatives have in common the presence of a hydrogen bond between the C-2 carbonyl and a hydrogen donor in a side chain, generally a pyrrole ring. Indolinone displays very promising antitumor properties by inhibiting various kinase families.
Indole is a compound of pyrrole and benzene in parallel, also known as benzopyrrole. There are two combinations of pyrrole and benzene, called indole and isoindole, respectively. Many derivatives of indole have physiological and pharmacological activities, and can synthesize vasodilators, antihistamines, antipyretic analgesics, etc. in medicine, so indole is also a very important heterocyclic compound.