The present invention provides synthetic methodology to produce novel dipeptide compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which exhibit excellent HIV protease inhibitory activity and excellent bioavailability from digestive tracts. Methods of using the dipeptide compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof also are provided. A non-limiting example of a dipeptide compound of the invention has the general formula (IA):
where R1 represents a 5-membered or 6-membered monocyclic hydrocarbon group or heterocyclic group wherein 3 or fewer substituents other than hydrogen are present on the cyclic group; R21 and R22 each represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1-6 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1-6 carbon atoms or a monovalent group comprising an aromatic monocyclic hydrocarbon group having 12 or fewer carbon atoms in total, wherein a halogen atom can be substituted on the aromatic ring of the aromatic monocyclic hydrocarbon group.
本发明提供一种合成方法,用于生产新型二肽化合物及其药学上可接受的盐,这些化合物在消化道中表现出优异的HIV
蛋白酶抑制活性和优异的
生物利用度。本发明还提供了使用这些二肽化合物及其药学上可接受的盐的方法。本发明的一个非限制性例子的二肽化合物具有通式(IA):其中,R1代表一个5-或6-成员的单
环烃基或杂环基,其中除氢之外在环上存在3个或更少的取代基;R21和
R22分别代表氢原子或具有1-6个碳原子的线性或支链脂肪烃基;R3代表具有1-6个碳原子的线性或支链脂肪烃基或仅包含12个或更少碳原子的芳香单
环烃基的一价基团,其中卤原子可以取代芳香单
环烃基的芳香环。