“…For the spectra that are not reported here, see Table S1 of Supporting Information. 5-Chloro-2-indolinone and 2-oxindole are commercially available, whereas the other substituted 2-indolinones (5-hydroxy, 9 1-methyl-5-hydroxy, 10 1-methyl-5-methoxy, 10 5-methoxy, 11 5-fluoro, 12 5-carboxy, 13 1-methyl 14 ) and the starting aldehydes [(2,6-dimethyl-imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-carboxaldehyde, 15 6-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-carboxaldehyde, 16 2-methyl-6-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-carboxaldehyde, 16 2-methyl-6-p-methylphenylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-carboxaldehyde, 17 2-methyl-6-p-chlorophenylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-carboxaldehyde, 18 2,6-dimethylimidazo[2,1-b]- [1,3,4]thiadiazole-5-carboxaldehyde, 19 2-methyl-6-p-chlorophenylimidazo [2,1-b] [1,3,4]thiadiazole-5-carboxaldehyde 20 ] were prepared according to the literature.…”