1. Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, United States;2. Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, United States
Abstract:
A potential anti-HIV and HCV drug candidate is highly desirable as coinfection has become a worldwide public health challenge. A potent compound based on a tetrabutoxy-calix4]arene scaffold that possesses dual inhibition for both HIV and HCV is described. Structural activity relationship studies demonstrate the effects of lower-rim alkylation in maintaining cone conformation and upper-rim interacting head groups on the calix4]arene play key roles for its potent dual antiviral activities.