Table 1.
Structure and activity of NSAIDs-derived chloropyridinyl esters.
| No. | Compound Structure | SARS CoV-2 3CLpro IC50 (µM) |
SARS-CoV-2 EC50 (µM) a |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
0.36 | >100 |
| 2 |
|
0.67 | >100 |
| 3 |
|
0.16 | >100 |
| 4 |
|
0.81 | >100 |
| 5 |
|
5.32 | 30.2 |
a Compounds 3 and 5 exhibited antiviral EC50 values of 2.8 and 2.4 μm, respectively.