1988 Volume 36 Issue 9 Pages 3722-3725
Blocked sugars bearing a 2-nitrovinyl, 1-cyanovinyl, 3-nitrochromen-2-yl or 4-cyano-chromen-2-yl group have been prepared. Their cytotoxicity and chemotherapeutic properties depend on the structure of the sugar moiety. Some of these compounds active against Polyoma virus constitute leads for the development of new antiviral drugs.