title: 1,5-Benzodiazepine inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase.
abstract: Optimization through parallel synthesis of a novel series of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase inhibitors led to the identification of (R)-11-(4-benzyloxy-2-fluorophenyl)-6-hydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-10-(6-methylpyridine-2-carbonyl)-2,3,4,5,10,11-hexahydro-dibenzo[b,e][1,4]diazepin-1-one 11zc and (R)-11-(4-benzyloxy-2-fluorophenyl)-6-hydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-10-(2,5-dimethyloxazol-4-carbonyl)-2,3,4,5,10,11-hexahydro-dibenzo[b,e][1,4]diazepin-1-one 11zk as potent (replicon EC(50)=400nM and 270nM, respectively) and selective (CC(50)>20muM) inhibitors of HCV replication. These data warrant further lead-optimization efforts.
authors.affiliation: Tibotec BVBA, Gen. De Wittelaan L11 B3, B-2800 Mechelen, Belgium.
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