Scheme 3. Possible general mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro cysteine protease inhibition by Michael acceptor inhibitors: concerted or stepwise Michael addition. R1 and R2 represent different substituents, as shown in compounds depicted in Scheme 2.
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