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3',3'-Difluoro-3'-deoxythymidine: comparison of anti-HIV activity to 3'-fluoro-3'-deoxythymidine
D E Bergstrom1, A W Mott, E De Clercq
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
|September 4, 1992
Abstract:
3',3'-Difluoro-3'-deoxythymidine (3) has been synthesized in four steps from thymidine, and characterized by 1H NMR and NOE experiments. The JHF coupling constants support a conformation in solution that is predominantly 2'-endo (S). Although conformationally and sterically nucleoside 3 may resemble other thymidine analogs which are active against HIV-1, 3 is virtually inactive.