2009 Volume 57 Issue 8 Pages 797-800
In order to find compounds with superior anti human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) activity, twelve simple N-arylsulfonylindoles (3a—l) were synthesized and preliminarily evaluated as HIV-1 inhibitors in vitro for the first time. Several compounds demonstrated significant anti-HIV-1 activity, especially N-(3-nitrobenzene)sulfonyl-6-methylindole (3h) and N-(3-nitrobenzene)sulfonylindole (3i) showed the highest anti-HIV-1 activity with EC50 values of 0.26 and 0.74 μg/ml, and TI values of 543.78 and >270.27, respectively.