Abstract: When gauged for their broad-spectrum antiviral activity against key
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (
NNRTI) related mutants, all the di-meta-substituted sulfones 3u-z and the 2-naphthyl analogue 3ee generally showed single-digit nanomolar activity against the
V106A and
P236L strains and submicromolar to low nanomolar activity against strains
E138K,
V108I, and
Y188C.