Design and Synthesis of P1-P3 Macrocyclic Tertiary Alcohol Comprising HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors
Joshi, A., Veron, J.B., Unge, J., Rosenquist, A., Wallberg, H., Samuelsson, B., Hallberg, A., Larhed, M.(2013) J Med Chem 56: 8999
- PubMed: 24160253 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jm400811d
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3ZPS, 3ZPT, 3ZPU - PubMed Abstract: 
To study P1-P3 macrocyclizations of previously reported tertiary-alcohol-comprising HIV-1 protease inhibitors (PIs), three new 14- and 15-member macrocyclic PIs were designed, synthesized by ring-closing metathesis, and evaluated alongside with 10 novel linear PIs. Cocrystallized complexes of the macrocyclic PIs and the HIV-1 protease are presented, analyzed, and discussed. The macrocyclic structures exhibited higher activities than the linear precursors with Ki and EC50 values down to 3.1 nM and 0.37 μM, respectively.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, BMC, Uppsala University , P.O. Box 574, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.