A number of zidovudine phosphoramidate and phosphorodiamidate derivatives were prepared, including some previously unreported benzyl esterified amino acyl compounds. These were found to be active in vitro against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), and were tested subsequently in the S+L-tissue culture assay against urethane leukaemia virus (ULV), a murine leukaemia virus (MuLV). The fifteen compounds tested showed a similar range of activity against the two viruses. No active compounds were missed in the MuLV system which was usually more sensitive to antiviral effects. Five compounds showed some toxicity to the mouse cells only. We are using this system in parallel with HIV assays to identify those derivatives which will be tested subsequently against a murine retrovirus in vivo.
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