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Synthesis of Antiviral Tetrahydrocarbazole Derivatives by Photochemical and Acid-catalyzed C-H Functionalization via Intermediate Peroxides (CHIPS)
Published on: June 20, 2014
Synthesis and antiviral evaluation of cis-substituted cyclohexenyl and cyclohexanyl nucleosides
Karine Barral1, Jérôme Courcambeck, Gérard Pèpe
1Laboratoire des Matériaux Moléculaires et des Biomatériaux, GCOM2, UMR CNRS 6114, Université de la Méditerranée, case 901, 163 av. de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France.
Abstract:
Starting from commercially available (rac)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid, a series of purine and pyrimidine cis-substituted cyclohexenyl and cyclohexanyl nucleosides were synthesized through a key Mitsunobu reaction. Antiviral evaluations were performed on HIV, coxsackie B3, and herpes viruses (HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV, HCMV). Three compounds showed moderate activity against HSV-1 and coxsackie viruses. Specific computer modeling studies were performed on HSV-1 thymidine kinase in order to understand the enzyme activation of an analogue showing moderate antiviral activity.
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