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  2. 2'-deoxy-2'-α-fluoro-2'-β-C-methyl 3',5'-cyclic phosphate nucleotide prodrug analogs as inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase: discovery of PSI-352938

2'-deoxy-2'-α-fluoro-2'-β-C-methyl 3',5'-cyclic phosphate nucleotide prodrug analogs as inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase: discovery of PSI-352938

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Dec 15;20(24):7376-80. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.10.035.
P Ganapati Reddy 1 Donghui Bao Wonsuk Chang Byoung-Kwon Chun Jinfa Du Dhanapalan Nagarathnam Suguna Rachakonda Bruce S Ross Hai-Ren Zhang Shalini Bansal Christine L Espiritu Meg Keilman Angela M Lam Congrong Niu Holly Micolochick Steuer Phillip A Furman Michael J Otto Michael J Sofia
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  • 1 Pharmasset, Inc., 303A College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. pgreddy@pharmasset.com
Abstract

A series of novel 2'-deoxy-2'-α-fluoro-2'-β-C-methyl 3',5'-cyclic phosphate nucleotide prodrug analogs were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro anti-HCV activity and safety. These prodrugs demonstrated a 10-100-fold greater potency than the parent nucleoside in a cell-based replicon assay due to higher cellular triphosphate levels. Our structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies provided compounds that gave high levels of active triphosphate in rat liver when administered orally to rats. These studies ultimately led to the selection of the clinical development candidate 24a (PSI-352938).

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