THIOETHER PRODRUG COMPOSITIONS AS ANTI-HIV AND ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS

摘要

Disclosed are inhibitors of retroviral growth of formula (I), that are useful in treatment of retroviral infections such as HIV. Also disclosed are a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and at least one compound or salt of the invention, a method for inactivating a virus, a method for dissociating a metal ion from a zinc finger-containing protein, and a method for inhibiting the transmission of a virus.