a SmithKline Pharmaceuticals Great Burgh, Yew Tree Bottom Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5XQ, U.K.
b SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA
Abstract:
Structure-directed screening identified the diphenyl lactone (1) as a specific inhibitor of the interaction of HIV gp120 with CD4. The compound bound selectively to gp120 in a time-dependent and irreversible fashion.