Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2002-12-02

Novel spirocyclic pyrrolidones as P2/P1 mimetics in potent inhibitors of HIV-1 protease.

Wieslaw M Kazmierski, Eric Furfine, Andrew Spaltenstein, Lois L Wright

Index: Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 12(23) , 3431-3, (2002)

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Abstract

We have developed concise and efficient syntheses of novel spirocyclic pyrrolidones 1-3, which involve the alkylation of pyrrolidone precursor 13 with 1,5-dibromopentane, 16 and 15, followed by an in situ lactamization. Conjugates of 1 and 2 with P1'/P2' hydroxy-indanolamine moiety resulted in novel and potent inhibitors of HIV-1 protease 25 and 26, suggesting that 1 and 2 are novel P2/P1 HIV-PI mimetics.