Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, 130 Waverly Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.
Abstract:
A set of HIV protease inhibitors represented by compound 2 has previously been described. Structural and conformational analysis of this compound suggested that conformational restriction of the P1/P2 portion of the molecule could lead to a novel set of potent protease inhibitors. Thus, probe compounds 3–7 were designed, synthesized, and found to be potent inhibitors of HIV protease.