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Racivir
Systematic (IUPAC) name
4-Amino-5-fluoro-1-[(2S,5R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-oxathiolan-5-yl]pyrimidin-2(1H)-one
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status  ?
Routes Investigational
Identifiers
CAS number 137530-41-7
ATC code None
PubChem CID 454858
NIAID ChemDB AIDSNO:005245
Chemical data
Formula C8H10FN3O3S 
Mol. mass 247.25 g/mol
SMILES eMolecules & PubChem

Racivir is an experimental nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI), developed by Pharmasset for the treatment of HIV.[1] It is the enantiomer of emtricitabine, meaning that the two compounds are mirror images of each other.

Emtricitabine, the enantiomer of racivir

References

  1. ^ "AIDSmeds.com - Racivir". http://www.aidsmeds.com/archive/Racivir_1590.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 


Antiviral drugs: antiretroviral drugs used against HIV (primarily J05)
Entry/fusion inhibitors
(Discovery & development)
Reverse-transcriptase
inhibitors (RTIs)
(1st generation) Efavirenz°# • Nevirapine#  • Loviride◊ • Delavirdine◊ •
 (2nd generation) diarylpyrimidines (Etravirine, Rilpivirine)  • Lersivirine†
Integrase inhibitors
Raltegravir • Elvitegravir† • Dolutegravir† • Globoidnan A (experimental)  • MK-2048†  • BI 224436†  
Maturation inhibitors
Bevirimat† • Vivecon†
Protease Inhibitors (PI)
(Discovery and development)
1st generation
Fosamprenavir° • Lopinavir°# • Nelfinavir# • Ritonavir# • Saquinavir# • Amprenavir◊ • Indinavir◊#
2nd generation
Combined formulations
Experimental agents
TRIM5alpha (gene)
Other
Failed agents
#WHO-EM. ‡Withdrawn from market. Clinical trials: †Phase III. §Never to phase III °DHHS preferred first-line agent. ◊Formerly or rarely used agent.


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