MACROCYCLIC DIFLUOROSTATONE DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS ANTIVIRAL AGENTS

摘要

The present invention provides noval macrocyclic difluorostatone derivatives which are useful as antiviral agents. More specifically, these novel compounds are useful as inhibitors of retroviral proteases required for replication, particularly the HIV-1 and HIV-2 viral proteases, in the prevention or treatment of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and in the treatment of consequent pathological conditions such as the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in mammals capable of being infected with HIV virus.