title: Synthesis and potent anti-HIV activity of L-3'-fluoro-2',3'-unsaturated cytidine.
abstract: L-2',3'-Didehydro-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluorocytidine (L-3'-Fd4C), a novel potent anti-HIV agent (EC(50) 0.03 microM in PBM cells), has been synthesized from L-xylose in 14 steps. [reaction: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gumina
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Schinazi
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D003562:Cytidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006678:HIV / Q000187:drug effects; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D003562:Cytidine