Difluoromethylbenzoxazole Pyrimidine Thioether Derivatives: A Novel Class of Potent Non-Nucleoside HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors.
Boyer, J., Arnoult, E., Medebielle, M., Guillemont, J., Unge, J., Jochmans, D.(2011) J Med Chem 54: 7974
- PubMed: 22017513
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jm200766b
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
2YKM, 2YKN - PubMed Abstract:
This paper reports the synthesis and antiviral properties of new difluoromethylbenzoxazole (DFMB) pyrimidine thioether derivatives as non-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors. By use of a combination of structural biology study and traditional medicinal chemistry, several members of this novel class were synthesized using a single electron transfer chain process (radical nucleophilic substitution, S(RN)1) and were found to be potent against wild-type HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, with low cytotoxicity but with moderate activity against drug-resistant strains. The most promising compound 24 showed a significant EC(50) value close to 6.4 nM against HIV-1 IIIB, a moderate EC(50) value close to 54 μM against an NNRTI resistant double mutant (K103N + Y181C), but an excellent selectivity index >15477 (CC(50) > 100 μM).
Organizational Affiliation:
Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, UMR CNRS-UCBL-INSA, Equipe Synthèse de Molécules d'Intérêt Thérapeutique, Bâtiment Curien, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.