New Derivatives of Alkyl- and Aminocarbonylphosphonic Acids Containing 3′-Azido-3′-Deoxythymidine

M. V. Jasko^1 #, A. V. Shipitsyn¹, A. L. Khandazhinskaya¹, E. A. Shirokova¹, P. N. Sol’yev¹, O. A. Plyasunova², and A. G. Pokrovskii²

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¹Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 32, Moscow, 119991, Russia
²Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology, Kol’tsovo, Novosibirsk oblast, 633159, Russia
Received: April 14, 2006; in final form: April 18, 2006

Abstract: New 5′-phosphonates of 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine were synthesized and shown to be low-toxic and markedly active in MT-4 cell cultures infected with HIV-1.

Key words: 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine, 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine 5′-H-phosphonate (Nikavir®), human immunodeficiency virus, nucleoside phosphonates

Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry 2006, 32 (6): 542-546