Dc. Humber et al., SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY-RELATIONSHIPS OF A SERIES OF PENICILLIN-DERIVED PSEUDOSYMMETRIC INHIBITORS OF HIV-1 PROTEINASE, Antiviral chemistry & chemotherapy, 5(3), 1994, pp. 197-200
The synthesis from penicillin G of a series of potent pseudosymmetric
inhibitors 11 a-k of HIV-1 proteinase is described. The 2-pyridyl subs
tituted compounds 11a and 11j showed improved antiviral activity compa
red to their C-2-symmetric counterparts 3 and 4.