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  2. Azetidines and spiro azetidines as novel P2 units in hepatitis C virus NS3 protease inhibitors

Azetidines and spiro azetidines as novel P2 units in hepatitis C virus NS3 protease inhibitors

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2013 Dec 1;23(23):6325-30. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.09.068.
Lavanya Bondada 1 Ramu Rondla Ugo Pradere Peng Liu Chengwei Li Drew Bobeck Tamara McBrayer Philip Tharnish Jerome Courcambeck Philippe Halfon Tony Whitaker Franck Amblard Steven J Coats Raymond F Schinazi
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Affiliation

  • 1 Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1670 Haygood Drive, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Abstract

Herein, we report the synthesis and structure-activity relationship studies of new analogs of boceprevir 1 and telaprevir 2. Introduction of azetidine and spiroazetidines as a P2 substituent that replaced the pyrrolidine moiety of 1 and 2 led to the discovery of a potent hepatitis C protease inhibitor 37c (EC50=0.8 μM).

Keywords

Antiviral; HCV; Protease inhibitor.

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