Cu. Kim et al., (2R, 4S, -(TETRAHYDRO-4-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-2-FURANYL)THYMINE - A POTENT SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF HERPES-SIMPLEX THYMIDINE KINASE, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 3(8), 1993, pp. 1571-1576
A series of thymidine analogues substituted with alkoxy groups on the
C-4 position of the furan ring were synthesized. Among these compounds
, the methoxy analogue 9 was the most potent inhibitor of herpes simpl
ex virus type 1 thymidine kinase.