5'-substituted-ribofuranosyl benzimidazoles as antiviral agents
申请人:——
公开号:US20030119762A1
公开(公告)日:2003-06-26
The present invention relates to polysubstituted benzimidazoles, having the following formula:
1
wherein Q is a substituted benzimidazole group attached at the benzimidazole 1-position; R is a halogen of atomic number 9 to 53, inclusive (i.e., —F, —Cl, —Br, or —I); azido (i.e., —N
3
); or —X—R
1
, wherein X is a chalcogen of atomic number 8 to 16, inclusive (i.e., —O— or —S—), and R
1
may be straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and R
2
and R
3
may be the same or different and are separately —O—C(═O)CH
3
(i.e., —OAc) or hydroxy (i.e., —OH); and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and operative combinations thereof. Also provided by this invention are compositions comprising a polysubstituted benzimidazole as defined above and methods of use thereof.