Calanolide and related antiviral compounds, compositions, and uses thereof

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to antiviral compounds, in particular antiviral compounds isolated from, or derived from compounds isolated from, plants of the genus Calophyllum, specifically compounds referred to as calanolides. This invention also relates to methods of isolating antiviral compounds from Calophyllum plants, compositions comprising calanolides, related compounds, and derivatives thereof, and methods of using the compositions in clinical applications, such as antiviral therapy and the prevention of viral infection.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a very serious disease, reported cases of which have increased dramatically within the past several years. Estimates of reported cases in the very near future also continue to rise dramatically. Consequently, there is a great effort to develop drugs and vaccines to combat AIDS.

The AIDS virus was first identified in 1983. It has been known by several names and acronyms. It is the third known T-lymphocyte virus (HTLV-III), and it has the capacity to replicate within cells of the immune system, causing profound cell destruction. The AIDS virus is a retrovirus, a virus that uses reverse transcriptase during replication. This particular retrovirus is also known as lymphadenopathy-aissociated virus (LAV), AIDS-related virus (ARV) and, most recently, as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Two distinct types of HIV have been described to date, namely HIV-1 and HIV-2. The acronym HIV will be used herein to refer to HIV viruses generically.

Specifically, HIV is known to exert a profound cytopathic effect on the CD4+ helper/inducer T-cells, thereby severely compromising the immune system. HIV infection also results in neurological deterioration and, ultimately, in the death of the infected individual.

The field of viral chemotherapeutics has developed in response to the need for agents effective against retroviruses, in particular HIV. There are many ways in which an agent can exhibit: anti-retroviral activity. For example, HIV requires at least four viral proteins for replication: reverse transcriptase (RT), protease (PR), transactivator protein (TAT), and regulator of virion-protein expression (REV). Accordingly, viral replication could theoretically be inhibited through inhibition of any one or all of the proteins involved in viral replication.

Anti-retroviral agents, such as AZT and ddC, are known to inhibit RT. There also exist anti-viral agents that inhibit TAT.

Nucleoside derivatives, such as AZT, are the only clinically active agents that are currently available for antiviral therapy. Although very useful, the utility of AZT and related compounds is limited by toxicity and insufficient therapeutic indices for fully adequate therapy.

Synthetic peptides also are being developed for potential use as inhibitors of the retroviral protease in the treatment of AIDS. Although these inhibitors are effective in preventing the retroviral protease from functioning, the inhibitors suffer from some distinct disadvantages. First of all, since the active site of the protease is hindered, i.e., has reduced accessibility as compared to the remainder of the protease, the ability of the inhibitors to access and bind in the active site of the protease is impaired. Secondly, the peptide inhibitors that bind to the active site of the protease are generally poorly soluble in water, causing distinct problems in drug delivery.

Therefore, new classes of antiviral agents to be used alone or in combination with AZT and/or other agents are urgently needed for effective antiviral therapy against HIV. New agents, which may be used to prevent HIV infection, are also important.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to provide novel antiviral compounds, in particular antiviral compounds isolated from plants of the genus Calophyllum, specifically compounds referred to as calanolides, related compounds, and derivatives thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of isolating novel antiviral compounds, specifically calanolides, related compounds, and derivatives thereof, from plants of the genus Calophyllum, more specifically from

Calophyllum lanigerum

Miq., var.

austrocoriaceum

(T. C. Whitmore) P. F. Stevens, from

Calophyllum teysmannii

Miq. var

inophylloide

(King) P. F. Stevens.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a composition, in particular a pharmaceutical composition, which inhibits the growth or replication of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2.

It is an additional object of the present invention to provide a composition, in particular a pharmaceutical composition, which prevents infection of an animal, in particular a human, with a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method of treating an animal, in particular a human, infected with a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of treating an animal, in particular a human, to prevent infection with a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2.

These and other objects of the present invention, as well as additional inventive features, will become apparent from the description herein.

The present invention provides novel antiviral compounds, in particular antiviral compounds isolated from, as well as derivatives of compounds isolated from, plants of the genus Caloplhyllum (particularly,

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

and

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

), specifically compounds referred to as calanolides, related compounds, and derivatives thereof in substantially pure form. The present invention also provides for a method of isolating and purifying calanolides and related antiviral compounds from Calophyllum plants, in particular from

Calophyllum lanicerum

Miq., and from

Calophyllum tevsmannii

Miq. The isolated and derived compounds may be used in a composition, such as a pharmaceutical composition, which may additionally comprise one or more other antiviral agents. Such a composition has been found to inhibit the growth or replication of a virus, in particular a retrovirus, specifically a human immunodeficiency virus, such as HIV-1 or HIV-2. The composition, therefore, is expected to have utility in the therapeutic treatment of an animal, such as a human, infected with a virus, particularly a retrovirus, specifically a human immunodeficiency virus, such as HIV-1 or HIV-2, and in the prophylactic treatment of an animal, such as a human, to prevent viral infection.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1

illustrates the structures of calanolides and related derivatives (compounds

1

-

8

) isolated from

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

. Compound

1

is calanolide A, and compound

4

is calanolide B.

FIG. 2

illustrates previously known structures (compounds

9

-

14

) reported from other sources.

FIGS. 3A and 3B

show the

1

H-NMR values (Δδ=δ

S

−δ

R

in Hertz at 500 MHz) for (R)- and (S)-MTPA esters of calanolide A (

1

) and calanolide B (

4

) used in the determination of the absolute configuration of calanolides A and B.

FIGS. 4

, A-D, shows an example of anti-HIV-1 activity of a calanolide.

FIGS. 4A

,

4

B, and

4

C show the effects of a range of concentrations of calanolide A upon uninfected CEM-SS cells (∘) and upon CEM-SS cells infected with HIV-1 (•), as determined after 6 days in culture;

FIG. 4A

depicts the relative numbers of viable CEM-SS cells, as assessed by the BCECF assay;

FIG. 4B

depicts the relative DNA content of the respective cultures;

FIG. 4C

depicts the relative numbers of viable CEM-SS cells, as assessed by the XTT assay.

FIG. 4D

shows the effects of a range of concentrations of calanolide A upon indices of infectious virus or viral replication; these indices include viral reverse transcriptase (▴), viral core protein p24 (♦) and syncytium-forming units (▪). In

FIGS. 4A

,

4

B, and

4

C, the data points are represented as the percent of the uninfected, non-drug treated control values. In

FIG. 4D

the data points are represented as the percent infected, non-drug treated control values.

FIGS. 5A and 5B

more generally illustrate calanolides and derivatives thereof (series 1) and 7,8-dihydrocalanolides and derivatives thereof (series 2), wherein R

1

is C

1

-C

6

alkyl or aryl; R

2

is OH, OH, OR

3

, OR

3

, OR

2

CR

3

, O

2

CR

3

, O

3

SR

3

, or O

3

SR

3

, wherein R

3

is C

1

-C

6

alkyl or aryl; and R

4

and R

5

are the same or different and are each CH

3

or CH

3

. (The symbol indicates a bond that extends out of the plane of the paper toward the reader, whereas the symbol indicates a bond that extends below the plane of the paper away from the reader.)

FIGS. 6A-6D

show examples of antiviral 7,8-dihydrocalanolides and related antiviral 7,8-dihydro compounds.

By convention with the chemical literature, when only the symbols or are shown within individual chemical structures (e.g., as in

FIGS. 1 and

6), they are assumed to be equivalent to CH

3

and CH

3

, respectively.

FIGS. 7

, A-H, illustrates anti-HIV-1 activities of calanolide A, 7,8-dihydrocalanolide A, calanolide B, 7,8-dihydrocalanolide B, costatolide, 7,8-dihydrocostatolide, soulattrolide, and 7,8-dihydrosoulattrolide, respectively. The effects of a range of concentrations of each compound upon cellular viability was assessed using the XTT assay after 6 days in culture in uninfected CEM-SS cells (∘) and in CEM-SS cells infected (•) with HIV-1. The data points are represented as the percent of the uninfected, non-drug treated control values.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides novel antiviral compounds (hereinafter referred to as “calanolides”), related compounds, and derivatives thereof, in substantially pure form and having the structures and names:

To the extent the aforesaid compound names are used in the context of describing and claiming the present invention herein, those compound names have reference to the corresponding chemical structures set out immediately above. The antiviral calanolides, related compounds, and derivatives thereof may be described generically as having the structures:

wherein R

1

is C

1

-C

6

alkyl or aryl; R

2

is OH, OH, OR

3

, OR

3

, O

2

CR

3

, O

2

CR

3

, O

3

SR

3

, or O

3

SR

3

, wherein R

3

is C

1

-C

6

alkyl or aryl; R

4

and R

5

are the same or different and are each. CH

3

or CH

3

. While the aryl group may be any suitable aryl substituent, the aryl is preferably a C

6

-C

14

ring structure, most preferably phenyl.

The present invention also provides a method of isolating and purifying calanolides and related antiviral compounds and derivatives from plants of the genus Calophyllum, which comprises the steps of:

a) extracting plant material with organic solvents to obtain a crude extract having antiviral activity;

b) solvent—solvent partitioning the crude extract, as necessary, to concentrate an antiviral compound in a non-polar fraction;

c) subjecting the crude extract or the non-polar fraction to gel permeation or vacuum liquid chromatography as necessary to further concentrate the antiviral compound; and,

d) isolating and purifying the antiviral compound by HPLC on silica gel and C

18

reversed-phase columns.

This method is used in conjunction with an antiviral assay to identify the antiviral fractions obtained in the various process steps and may be used to obtain antiviral calanolides, related antiviral compounds, and antiviral derivatives from plant material consisting of leaves, stems, twigs, fruits, flowers, wood, bark, or roots of the said Calophyllum plants. Such antiviral compounds may also be obtained by this method, wherein steps b) and c) may be deleted, from the latex harvested nondestructively from Calophyllum plants.

The antiviral calanolides, related antiviral compounds, and antiviral derivatives thereof, obtained in accordance with the present inventive method, may be used alone or in combination with other antiviral agents in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to inhibit the growth or replication of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 or HIV-2. It is expected that such compositions will have utility in the therapeutic treatment of an animal, in particular a human, infected with one or more of the above-cited viruses and in the prophylactic treatment of an animal, in particular a human, who is at risk for infection with one or more of the same viruses.

Prior to the discovery on which this invention is based, antiviral calanolides and derivatives thereof had not been isolated or described. Methods for isolating such compounds had not been determined. The isolation and chemical structures of related compounds, costatolide and dihydrocostatolide (Stout, G. H.,

J. Org. Chem.,

29, 3604-3609 (1964)) and soulattrolide (Gunasekera, S. P., et al.,

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin I,

1505-1511 (1977)) had previously been reported in the chemical literature; however, no antiviral activity was reported for these compounds. Accordingly, since the antiviral activity of none of these compounds was previously known, the potential use of these compounds in compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, in the therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of viral infections in animals, in particular humans, had not been recognized.

General Information

An initial observation that led to the present invention was the antiviral activity of extracts from Calophyllum plants in an anti-HIV screen. The screen is one that has been operated by the U.S. National Cancer Institute since 1988 (see Boyd, M. R., in

AIDS. Etiology Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention

(DeVita V. T., Jr., Hellman S., Rosenberg S. A., eds.), pp. 305-319 (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1988)).

The plant family Guttiferae contains the genus Calophyllum, which is comprised of approximately 187 different species. A brief description of the genus Calophyllum can be found in D. J. Mabberley, “The Plant Book”, Cambridge, University Press, 1987, p. 92. The most updated taxonomic revision of the Old World species of the genus has been published by Stevens, P. F.,

J. Arnold Arbor.,

61, 117-699 (1980). Of the 187 known species, 179 are found in the Old World, from the shores of Tropical Africa east to Tahiti in the Pacific, through Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Northern Australia. The greater number of species, however, occur in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Previous phytochemical studies of the genus Calophyllum had revealed it to be a rich source of secondary metabolites. Xanthones (Dharmaratne, H. R. W., et al.,

Phytochemistry,

25, 1957-1959 (1986); Kumar, V.,

Phytochemistry,

21, 807-809 (1982); Somanathan, R., et al.,

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin I,

2515-1517 (1974)), steroids (Gunasekera, S. P., et al.,

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin I,

2215-2220 (1975)), triterpenes (Gunatilaka, A. A. L., et al.,

Phytochemistry,

23, 323-328 (1984); Dahanayake, M., et al.,

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin I,

2510-2514 (1974)), coumarins (Samaraweera, U., et al.,

Tetrahedron Lett.,

22, 5083-5086 (1981); Gautier, J., et al.,

Tetrahedron Lett.,

27, 2715-2718 (1972)), and benzopyrans (Stout, G. H.,

J. Orq. Chem.,

33, 4185-4190 (1968)) are among the compounds reported from Calophyllum species; however, no antiviral activity had been previously associated with any compounds from this genus.

A specific bioassay-guided strategy was used to isolate, purify, and identify the individual bioactive compounds from the extracts of Calophyllum plants. In this strategy, decisions concerning the overall chemical isolation method to be applied, and the nature of the individual steps therein, were determined by interpretation of biological testing data. The anti-HIV screening assay (Weislow, O. S., et al.,

J. Natl. Cancer Inst.,

81(8), 577-586 (1989)) used in this process measured the degree of protection of human T-lymphoblastoid cells from the cytopathic effects of HIV. Fractions of the extracts were prepared using a variety of chemical means and were tested blindly in the primary screen. Active fractions were separated further, and the resulting subfractions were tested blindly in the screen. This process was repeated as many times as necessary in order to obtain the active, i.e., antiviral, fraction(s) representing pure compound(s), which then could be subjected to detailed chemical analysis and structure elucidation. In this manner, the new antiviral class of compounds described herein was discovered.

Although

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

and

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

were used as the principal sources of calanolides and related compounds in the present invention, it will be appreciated that such compounds also may be obtained from other species of the same genus. For example, such other source species may include

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

lanigerum, Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

teysmannii

, and

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

bursiculum

P. F. Stevens.

Taxonomy

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum.

The plant material utilized in Example 2 herein specifically belongs to var.

austrocoriaceum

of

Calophyllum lanigerum

, and was collected by J. S. Burley & B. Lee on Oct. 18, 1987 in Setunggang swamp forest near Batang Kayan River, of the Municipality of Lundu, Sarawak (East Malaysia), at an altitude of 3 m above sea level and at a latitude of 2° N and a longitude of 110° E, under a U.S. National Cancer Institute contract to D. D. Soejarto of the University of Illinois at Chicago. This collection is documented by voucher herbarium specimens Burley & Lee 351, in deposit at the U.S. National Herbarium of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Duplicates of this specimen are also in deposit at the Sarawak Forest Herbarium in Kuching (East Malaysia), the John G. Searle Herbarium of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Ill.), and the Arnold Arboretum Herbarium of Harvard University in Cambridge (Mass.). The identity of these specimens as

Calophyllum lanigerum

Miq. var.

austrocoriaceum

(T. C. Whitmore) P. F. Stevens was made by Dr. Peter F. Stevens, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, the taxonomic specialist of the genus Calophyllum. Further taxonomic details of the specific plant used in Example 2 are provided in Example 1 below.

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide.

The plant material utilized in Example 5 herein specifically belongs to var.

inophylloide

of

Calophyllum teysmannii

. In March 1992, as part of a field search in an attempt to recollect

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

, samples of a Calophyllum species (Soejarto et al. 7605) from a kerangas forest near Sampedi forest reserve, about 50 km west of Kuching, Sarawak, were collected. Anti-HIV tests of extracts from this plant (leaf and twig; stem) showed activity. Dr. Peter F. Stevens of Harvard University, the specialist of Calophyllum, identified this 7605 specimen as

Calophyllum teysmannii

Miq. var.

inophylloide

(King) P. F. Stevens.

In July 1992, as part of the continuing field search for

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum,

latex samples of other Calophyllum species were collected, two of which belonging to Soejarto et al. 7853 and 7854 trees also showed anti-HIV activity. The locality of these trees is Sampedi Forest Reserve kerangas forest, separated about 1 km from the locality of 7605, at an altitude of between 30-60 m above sea level. Both 7853 and 7854 trees were marked by an orange plastic ribbon, and numbered using an embossed aluminum plate, affixed to the trees with a nail.

On Jan. 7 and 8, 1993, voucher herbarium specimens and more latex samples were recollected from both trees 7853 and 7854, with the assistance of staff of the Sarawak Forest Department. In addition, further search in the surrounding areas yielded four (4) more trees (Soejarto et al. 7899-7902) of the same species as 7853 and 7854, from which latex samples were also collected. These trees were similarly marked and numbered for future relocation.

When voucher herbarium specimens of Soejarto et al. 7605 were compared with those of 7853, 7854, and 7899-7902, it was apparent that they are all of the same species, namely,

Calophyllum teysmannii

Miq. var.

inophylloide

(King) P. F. Stevens. A duplicate set of voucher specimens 7853 and 7854 was sent to Dr. Peter F. Stevens on Jan. 17, 1993; on Jan. 19, 1993, Dr. Stevens confirmed the identity of 7853 and 7854 as

Calophyllum teysmannii

var. inophylloide. Further taxonomic details of the specific plants used in Examples 7 and 8 below are provided in Example 6 and Table 3 herein.

Isolation And Purification Of Calanolides And Related Antiviral Compounds From Calophyllum Plants

A variety of methods can be used for the chemical isolation of calanolides and related antiviral compounds from Calophyllum plants. Among these methods are extraction, solvent—solvent partitioning, flash- or vacuum-liquid chromatography, gel permeation chromatography, and HPLC, with a variety of bonded phases. The isolation of the pure active compounds can be monitored by UV, TLC-, and anti-HIV bioassay. Typical isolation procedures are set forth below for illustrative purposes.

Antiviral calanolides and related antiviral compounds from Calophyllum plant parts. Approximately 0.2 kilogram of air-dried plant material, for example, consisting of leaves, twigs, fruit or bark, is first ground to a fine powder and extracted with 1:1 MeOH—CH

2

Cl

2

; this is followed by a second extraction with methanol. These organic extracts typically amount to a total of about 5-20% of the mass of the starting plant material. The initial crude extract is dissolved in 4:1 MeOH-H

2

O and extracted three times with CCl

4

. The concentrated CCl

4

phase is fractionated by either gel permeation on Bio-Beads S-X4 (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.; Richmond, Calif.) or vacuum liquid chromatography on silica gel. The calanolides are then purified from those column fractions that demonstrate HIV-inhibitory activity by sequential HPLC on silica (elution with 3:7 EtOAc-hexane) and C

18

reversed-phase (elution with 9:1 MeOH-H

2

O) columns. Using this general procedure, either calanolide A or calanolide B, or both, can be obtained, for example, in an overall yield of about 0.05-0.2%; related compounds also present in the extract can be obtained in similar yields. The isolation of calanolides and derivatives thereof from

C. lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

is described in greater detail in Example 2.

Antiviral calanolides and related antiviral compounds from latex of Calophyllum plants. A simplified procedure can be used to obtain high yields of antiviral calanolides or related antiviral compounds non-destructively from Calophyllum plants. For example, 10-100 grams of crude Calophyllum plant latex, which can be harvested from Calophyllum plants as described further in Example 7 below, is extracted with CHCl

3

:MeOH (1:1). The solution is filtered and evaporated to yield a residue typically amounting to 60-70% of the mass of the original latex. The antiviral compounds may then be separated and purified in high yields, typically 10-40% of the total residue mass, by HPLC on silica eluted with hexane:EtOAc (7:3). The isolation of costatolide (compound

9

of

FIG. 2

) and soulattrolide (compound

14

of

FIG. 2

) from latex of

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

is described more specifically in Example 8 herein.

Rationale and collection of latex from Calophyllum plants. In the process of plant drug discovery and development, after an initial small (0.5-1 kg dry weight screening-sized) sample shows biological activity of interest, and the promising active compound(s) is (are) identified, a larger quantity (10-20 kg dry weight) of material typically must be recollected, in order to permit reisolation of a larger quantity of the pure compound(s) for further preclinical investigation. If the results of the preclinical studies continue to be promising, an even larger quantity of plant material (50-1000 kg dry weight) of that species will need to be recollected for further developmental studies. Very much larger amounts will be required for clinical use. Collection of leaf, twig, stembark, and root samples in large quantities is destructive and may be detrimental to the plant species in question and to the forest environment.

Considering that Calophyllum produces latex, if the latex could be shown to possess the same biological activity, i.e., containing the same anti-HIV compound(s) of interest, it would be most desirable to use the latex as a source (raw) material for re-isolation work and, eventually, for industrial production of the drug. Latex is exuded when a treebark is slashed (cut), and the resinous exudate may be collected periodically, without damage to the tree itself. Examples of such non-destructive harvest methods are provided by the para rubber tree (

Hevea brasiliensis

) and the sugar maple tree (

Acer saccharum

). Such a method is now clearly applicable to the harvest of Calophyllum latex, which can lead to the sustainable or continued utilization of the forest resource.

Latex collections of Calophyllum were initiated on Jul. 19, 1992, in Sarawak; then on Oct. 9, 1992, in the Singapore Garden jungle for

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum;

and on Oct. 11-13, 1992, again in Sarawak, for various Calophyllum species, including

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

. Finally, on Jan. 7-8, 1993, field experiments were run to collect latex samples from trees of

C. teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

in the Sampedi Forest Reserve. An adequate latex yield was obtained from 5 trees, by collecting latex samples from each of these trees on 3 different occasions during a total period of 2 days (Jan. 7-8, 1993). A fourth collection from the same trees was done on the following week of Jan. 11, 1993. Approximately 100 grams of latex was initially obtained. Example 7 below sets forth in further detail the non-destructive harvest of latex from

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide;

Example 8 illustrates the isolation and purification of calanolide-related antiviral compounds, costatolide and soulattrolide, from such latex. Based on the fact that latex scraped from 6-month old wounds that had healed still showed the presence of costatolide on the TLC plates, and the fact that 3 scraping operations on the same slashes on a tree could be made in different occasions, each of which yielded an appreciable latex quantity, it is apparent that latex harvest is a sustainable harvest method.

Determination Of Chemical Structures Of Antiviral Calanolides And Related Antiviral Compounds From Calophyllum Plants

Chemical structures of calanolides and related compounds and derivatives thereof which can be isolated by the above general procedure from extracts from Calophyllum plants are shown in FIG.

1

. The proofs of the structures can be obtained by a combination of methods, including primary spectral analyses (e.g., high-resolution NMR and mass spectrometry, infrared and UV spectroscopy), comparisons of spectral and physicochemical properties with related literature precedents, and by selected derivatization procedures, such as for determination of absolute stereochemistry. The structure proofs for calanolides A, B, and derivatives thereof from

C. lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

are described in detail in Example 3 and summarized in Tables 1 and 2.

It will be appreciated by one who is skilled in the art that antiviral calanolides, related antiviral compounds, and derivatives thereof, other than those specifically described herein, may be isolated from other Calophyllum species and other natural sources and that such antiviral calanolides, related antiviral compounds, and derivatives thereof also may be synthesized chemically. Generic structural series, designated as “Series 1” and “Series 2,” are described in detail in Example 5 and FIG.

5

. Members of series 1 can be converted to the corresponding 7,8-dihydro compounds of series 2, by catalytic hydrogenation. Example 9 below more specifically illustrates the preparation of antiviral compounds 7,8-dihydrocalanolide A, 7,8-dihydrocalanolide B, 7,8-dihydrocostatolide, and 7,8-dihydrosoulattrolide; the structures of these compounds are shown in FIG.

6

.

Antiviral Activity

The antiviral activity of calanolides and related compounds and derivatives thereof can be demonstrated further in a series of interrelated in vitro assays (Gulakowski, R. J., et al.,

J. Virol. Methods,

33, 87-100 (1991)), which accurately predict antiviral activity of chemical compounds in humans. These assays measure the ability of compounds to prevent the replication of HIV and/or the cytopathic effects of HIV on human target cells. These measurements directly correlate with the pathogenesis of HIV-induced disease in vivo. Accordingly, the results of the analysis of the antiviral activity of calanolides and related compounds and derivatives thereof from

C. lanigerum,

as set forth in Example 3 and as illustrated in

FIGS. 4A-D

and

FIGS. 7A-H

, are believed to predict accurately the antiviral activity of these compounds in humans.

The compounds which are the subject of the present invention can be shown to inhibit a retrovirus, such as the human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 and HIV-2. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, the compounds of the resent invention probably will inhibit other retroviruses and may inhibit viruses, other than retroviruses. Examples of viruses that may be treated in accordance with the present invention include, but are not limited to, Type C and Type D retroviruses, human T-cell leukemia virus-1 (HTLV-1), human T-cell leukemia virus-2 (HTLV-2), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), feline leukemia virus (FLV), simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), murine leukemia virus (MLV), bovine leukemia virus (BLV), bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), equine infectious, anemia virus, avian sarcoma viruses, such as rous sarcoma virus (RSV), hepatitis type A, B, non-A, and non-B viruses, herpes viruses, cytomegaloviruse, influenza viruses, arboviruses, varicella viruses, measles, mumps and rubella viruses.

Compositions And Formulations

The calanolides and related compounds and derivatives thereof may be formulated into various compositions for use in therapeutic and prophylactic treatment methods. The present inventive composition may be used to treat a virally infected animal, such as a human. The compositions of the present invention are particularly useful in inhibiting the growth or replication of a virus, such as a retrovirus, in particular a human immunodeficiency virus, specifically HIV-1 and HIV-2. The compositions also are expected to be useful in the treatment of animals, such as humans, infected with other viruses, such as those listed above. Furthermore, such compositions should find utility in the prophylactic treatment of animals, such as humans, who are at risk for viral infection.

Compositions for use in the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment methods of the present invention comprise one or more calanolides or related compounds and derivatives thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are well-known to those who are skilled in the art, as are suitable methods of administration. The choice of carrier will be determined in part by the particular calanolide compound, as well as by the particular method used to administer the composition.

One skilled in the art will appreciate that various routes of administering a drug are available and, although more than one route may be used to administer particular drug, a particular route may provide a more immediate and more effective reaction than another route. Furthermore, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the particular pharmaceutical carrier employed will depend, in part, upon the particular compound employed and the chosen route of administration. Accordingly, there is a wide variety of suitable formulations of the composition of the present invention.

Formulations suitable for oral administration may consist of liquid solutions, such as an effective amount of the compound dissolved in diluents, such as water, saline, or orange juice; capsules, sachets or tablets, each containing a predetermined amount of the active ingredient, as solids or granules; solutions or suspensions in an aqueous liquid; and oil-in-water emulsions or water-in-oil emulsions. Tablet forms may include one or more of lactose, mannitol, corn starch, potato starch, microcrystalline cellulose, acacia, gelatin, colloidal silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, talc, magnesium stearate, stearic acid, and other excipients, colorants, diluents, buffering agents, moistening agents, preservatives, flavoring agents, and pharmacologically compatible carriers.

The calanolides and related compounds and derivatives thereof, alone or in combination with other antiviral compounds, can be made into aerosol formulations to be administered via inhalation. These aerosol formulations can be placed into pressurized acceptable propellants, such as dichlorodifluoromethane, propane, nitrogen, and the like.

Formulations suitable for topical administration include lozenges comprising the active ingredient in a flavor, usually sucrose and acacia or tragacanth; pastilles comprising the active ingredient in an inert base, such as gelatin and glycerin, or sucrose and acacia; and mouthwashes comprising the active ingredient in a suitable liquid carrier; as well as creams, emulsions, gels, and the like containing, in addition to the active ingredient, such carriers as are known in the art.

Formulations for rectal administration may be presented as a suppository with a suitable base comprising, for example, cocoa butter or a salicylate.

Formulations suitable for vaginal administration may be presented as pessaries, tampons, creams, gels, pastes, foams, or spray formulas containing, in addition to the active ingredient, such carriers as are known in the art to be appropriate. Similarly, the active ingredient may be combined with a lubricant as a coating on a condom.

Formulations suitable for parenteral administration include aqueous and non-alqueous, isotonic sterile injection solutions, which may contain anti-oxidants, buffers, bacteriostats, and solutes that render the formulation isotonic with the blood of the intended recipient, and aqueous and non-aqueous sterile suspensions that may include suspending agents, solubilizers, thickening agents, stabilizers, and preservatives. The formulations may be presented in unit-dose or multi-dose sealed containers, such as ampules and vials, and may be stored in a freeze-dried (lyophilized) condition requiring only the addition of the sterile liquid carrier, for example, water, for injections, immediately prior to use. Extemporaneous injection solutions and suspensions may be prepared from sterile powders, granules, and tablets of the kind previously described.

The dose administered to an animal, particularly a human, in the context of the present invention should be sufficient to effect a prophylactic or therapeutic response in the infected individual over a reasonable time frame. The dose will be determined by the strength of the particular antiviral compound employed, the severity of the disease state, as well as the body weight and age of the infected individual. The size of the dose also will be determined by the existence of any adverse side effects that may accompany the particular compound employed. It is always desirable, whenever possible, to keep adverse side effects to a minimum.

The dosage may be in unit dosage form, such as a tablet or capsule. The term “unit dosage form” as used herein refers to physically discrete units suitable as unitary dosages for human and animal subjects, each unit containing a predetermined quantity of a calanolide or related compound or derivative thereof, alone or in combination with other antiviral agents, calculated in an amount sufficient to produce the desired effect in association with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, carrier, or vehicle.

The specifications for the unit dosage forms of the present invention depend on the particular compound or compounds employed and the effect to be achieved, as well as the pharmacodynamics associated with each compound in the host. The dose administered should be an “antiviral effective amount” or an amount necessary to achieve an “effective level” in the individual patient.

Antiviral Therapy

Since the “effective level” is used as the preferred endpoint for dosing, the actual dose and schedule may vary, depending upon interindividual differences in pharmacokinetics, drug distribution, and metabolism. The “effective level” may be defined, for example, as the blood or tissue level desired in the patient that corresponds to a concentration of one or more calanolides, or related compounds or derivatives thereof, which inhibits a virus such as HIV in an assay known to predict for clinical antiviral activity of chemical compounds. The “effective level” for compounds which are the subject of the present invention also may vary when the compositions of the present invention are used in combination with AZT or other known antiviral compounds or combinations thereof.

One skilled in the art can easily determine the appropriate dose, schedule, and method of administration for the exact formulation of the composition being used, in order to achieve the desired “effective concentration” in the individual patient. One skilled in the art also can readily determine and use an appropriate indicator of the “effective concentration” of the compounds of the present invention by a direct (e.g., analytical chemical analysis) or indirect (e.g., with surrogate indicators such as p24 or RT) analysis of appropriate patient samples (e.g., blood and/or tissues).

In the treatment of some virally infected individuals, it may be desirable to utilize a “mega-dosing” regimen, wherein a large dose of the calanolide or derivative thereof is administered, time is allowed for the compound to act, and then a suitable reagent is administered to the individual to inactivate the calanolide or derivative thereof.

The pharmaceutical composition may contain other pharmaceuticals, in conjunction with the calanolide or related compound or derivative thereof, when used to therapeutically treat acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Representative examples of these additional pharmaceuticals include antiviral compounds, immunomodulators, immunostimulants, and antibiotics. Exemplary antiviral compounds include 3′-azido-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine (AZT), 2′3′-dideoxyinosine (ddI), 2′3′-dideoxycytidine (ddC), 2′3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine (D4T), 9-(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl)guanine (gancyclovir), fluorinated dideoxynucleotides such as 3′-fluoro-2′,3-dideoxythymidine, nonnucleoside compounds such as 6,11-dihydro-11-cyclopropyl-4-methyldipyrido[2,3-b:2′,3′-e]-[1,4]diazepin-6-one (nevirapine) (Shih et al.,

PNAS,

88, 9878-9882 (1991)), TIBO and analogs and derivatives such as (+)-S,4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-9-chloro-5-methyl-6-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-imidazo[4,5,1-jk][1,4]-benzodiazepin-2(1H)-thione (R82913) (White et al.,

Antiviral Research,

16, 257-266 (1991)), Ro 31-8959 (Craig et al.,

Antiviral Research,

16, 295-305 (1991)), BI-RJ-70 (Shih et al., supra), 9-(2-hydroxyethoxy-methyl)guanine (acyclovir), α-interferon, recombinant CD4 (Merigan et al.,

The American Journal of Medicine,

90 (Suppl. 4A), 8S-17S (1991)), pyridine analogs such as (3-[(benzoxazol-2-yl)ethyl]-5-ethyl-6-methylpyridin-2(1H)-one (L-696,229), 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-phenylthiothymine (HEPT), carbocyclic 2′,3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxyguanosine (carbovir), and [2′,5′-Bis-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-β-D-ribofuranosyl]-3′-spiro-5″-(4″-amino-1″, 2″-oxathiole-2″,2″-dioxide)thymine (TSAO-T). Exemplary immunomodulators and immunostimulants include various interleukins, CD4, cytokines, antibody preparations, blood transfusions, and cell transfusions. Exempletive antibiotics include antifungal agents, antibacterial agents, and anti-

Pneumocystis carinii

agents.

Administration of the inhibitory compound with other anti-retroviral agents and particularly with known reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors, such as ddC, AZT, ddI, ddA, or other inhibitors that act against other HIV proteins, such as anti-TAT agents, will generally inhibit most or all replicative stages of the viral life cycle. The dosages of ddC and AZT used in AIDS or ARC patients have been published. A virustatic range of ddC is generally between 0.05 μM to 1.0 μM. A range of about 0.005-0.25 mg/kg body weight is virustatic in most patients. The preliminary dose ranges for oral administration are somewhat broader, for example 0.001 to 0.25 mg/kg given in one or more doses at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, etc. hours. Currently 0.01 mg/kg body weight ddC given every 8 hours is preferred. When given in combined therapy, the other antiviral compound, for example, may be given at the same time as the calanolide compound or the dosing may be staggered as desired. The two drugs also may be combined in a composition. Doses of each may be less when used in combination than when either is used alone.

EXAMPLES

The present inventive compounds and methods are further described in the context of the following examples. These examples serve to illustrate further the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Example 1

This example sets forth more specifically the taxonomic characteristics of the

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum specimen

(Burley & Lee 351) used in example 2: tree about 8 m tall, dbh (diameter at breast high) 15 cm; bark light brownish with dark brown longitudinal rows of lenticels, inner bark red, underbark orange; twigs somewhat flattened and more-or-less angled, dark brown and covered with short trichomes of the same color, terminal buds plump, 1.5-2 cm long, thickish, beset with rusty brown, soft-tomentose pubescence; leaves coriaceous, blades narrowly ovate to oblong, 7-17 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, chestnut brown in dry state, latex canals as prominent as veins, about 10 veins per 5 mm, petiole 1-1.5 cm long; inflorescence few-flowered (3-5 flowers per inflorescence), axis 3-3.5 cm long, lowest internode 0.5-1 cm long; fruits young, globose to ellipsoid, 0.5-1 cm across, green in fresh condition, dark chestnut brown when dry.

Example 2

This example illustrates the isolation of calanolides and derivatives thereof from extracts of

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

. Dried fruit and twigs (763 g) of

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

were stored at −20° until the material was ground, percolated in 1:1 CH

2

Cl

2

/MeOH, and washed with 100% MeOH. Removal of the solvent under reduced pressure provided 72.5 g of organic extract.

A 10 g portion of the organic extract was subjected to a solvent—solvent partitioning protocol. A 10 g portion of the organic extract was suspended in 500 ml CH

3

OH—H

2

O (9:1) and extracted with hexane (3×300 ml). The water content of the polar phase was increased to 20%, whereupon a second extraction was conducted with CCl

4

(3×300 ml). The anti-HIV activity of all fractions was assessed using a routine primary screening assay (Weislow, O. S., et al.,

J. Natl. Cancer Inst.,

81(8), 577-586 (1989)) at each chromatographic step. Anti-HIV activity was concentrated in the hexane (770 mg) and CCl

4

(590 mg) soluble fractions. The active fractions were individually separated by vacuum liquid chromatography (VLC) on 10 g of silica gel using mixtures of hexane/EtOAc. The active constituents that eluted with 10-25% EtOAC were combined, based upon TLC and

1

H NMR profiles, to provide two active fractions. The individual fractions were further separated by VLC on silica, using gradual step-gradient elution with hexane/EtOAc mixtures. Final purification gave eight compounds (

1

-

8

), the structures of which are given in FIG.

1

. Silica HPLC eluted with 7:3 hexane/EtOAc gave calanolide A (

1

) (11.7 mg), calanolide B (

4

) (5.0 mg), and compound

7

(12.5 mg). Purification of the other components was effected by C

18

HPLC with 9:1 MeOH/H

2

O to give 12-acetoxycalanolide A (

2

) (7 mg), 12-methoxycala-nolide A (

3

) (5 mg), 12-methoxycalanolide B (

5

) (16 mg), compound

6

(4 mg), and compound

8

(11 mg).

FIG. 2

shows five related structures (

9

-

14

) previously reported from other sources. By comparing the structures and the spectral and physicochemical properties of the novel compounds of

FIG. 1

with those of the known compounds of

FIG. 2

, it can be seen that the compounds

1

-

8

of the present invention differ from those compounds previously reported from other sources.

Example 3

This example sets out the structure proofs for calanolides A and B and related derivatives from

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

, which were obtained in Example 1. Calanolide A (

1

) was isolated as an optically active oil, [α]D

=

+60°, which gave a HREIMS parent ion at m/z 370.1764 daltons, indicating a molecular formula of C

22

H

26

O

5

. The mass spectrum contained significant fragment ions for M

+

—CH

3

(m/z 355, 100%), M

+

—CH

3

—H

2

O (m/z 337, 12%) and M

+

—C

5

H

11

(m/z 299, 29%). The infrared spectrum showed bands corresponding to hydroxyl (3300 cm

−1

) and carbonyl (1735 cm

−1

) groups. Resonances for 11 sp

2

carbons in the

13

C NMR spectrum revealed a conjugated ester (δ160.4), a disubstituted olefin conjugated to a phenyl group (δ126.9 [1H] and 116.5 [1H]), a trisubstituted olefin conjugated to a carbonyl (δ158.9 and 110.1 [1H]), and a fully substituted benzene ring bearing three oxygen moieties (δ154.5, 153.1, 151.1, 106.3, 106.4, and 104.0). Taking into account the number of double bond equivalents implicit in the molecular formula, calanolide A (

1

) was determined to be tetracyclic. The

1

H NMR spectrum showed two methyl singlets (δ1.49 and 1.44), two methyl doublets (δ1.44 and 1.13), and a methyl triplet (δ1.01). Additional proton signals included those of an allylic methylene (δ2.87 [2H], m), an aliphatic methylene (1.63 [2H], m), and three olefin protons (δ6.60 d, J=9.5 Hz; 5.92 t, J=1.0 Hz; 5.52 d, J=9.5 Hz). These data suggested that calanolide A (

1

) was a coumarin derivative related to costatolide (9), a metabolite previously reported from

Calophyllum costatum

(Stout, G. H.,

J. Org. Chem.,

29, 3604-3609 (1964)) One-bond and long-range proton detected heteronuclear correlation experiments (HMQC and HMBC) allowed the complete assignment of both the

1

H NMR (Table 1) and

13

C NMR spectra (Table 2) of calanolide A (

1

). Key correlations included those between H8 and carbons 4b, 6, 8a, and 8b, which helped to establish the position of the 2,2-dimethylchromene system. Placement of the n-propyl group at C4 was aided by a 1.0 Hz allylic coupling between the C13 allylic methylene protons and the C3 olefin proton, and by three-bond heteronuclear correlations from the C13 methylene protons to C3 and C4a. The remaining substitution pattern about the coumarin nucleus was defined by correlations between H12 and carbons 8b, 10, 11, 12a, 12b, and 19. This confirmed that, although calanolide A (

1

) had the same skeleton as costatolide (

9

), they differed in the relative stereochemistry of their substituents about the 2,3-dimethylchromanol ring.

In the

1

H NMR spectrum of compound

1

, the H12 benzylic carbinol proton showed a 8.0 Hz coupling to H11, which revealed that these two protons had a trans-diaxial orientation. A 9.0 Hz coupling between H11 and H10 established that H10 also was axial. This assignment was supported by nOe enhancements (3%) observed between the diaxial H10 and H12 protons. Calanolide A (

1

) was thus determined to be a diastereomer of costatolide (

9

), which showed J

10-11

and J

11-12

of 10.5 Hz and 3.5 Hz, respectively (Stout, G. H., et al.,

J. Org. Chem.,

29, 3604-3609 (1964)). Two related coumarin derivatives, inophyllum B (

10

) (Bandara, B. M. R., et al.,

Phytochemistry,

25(2), 425-428 (1986)) and cordatolide A (

11

) (Dharmaratne, H. R. W., et al.,

Phytochemistry,

24, 1553-1557 (1985)) reportedly have the same relative stereochemical features about the chromanol ring as those found in compound

1

, but differ in their C4 substituents. The J

10-11

and J

11-12

coupling constants observed in calanolide A (

1

) agree closely with those described in the above-cited publications for compounds

10

and

11

.

Other physicochemical and spectral data for calanolide A (

1

) were as follows, [α]

D

+60° (CHCl

3

, c 0.7); UV λ

max

(MeOH) 325 (ε13,700), 284 (ε22,800), 228 (ε22,200) nm; IR (film) ν

max

3300, 2966, 1735, 1713, 1583, 1111 cm

−1

; HREIMS obs. m/z 370.1764, calc'd for C

22

H

26

O

5

, 370.1780; low res. MS m/z 370 (38%), 355 (100%), 337 (12%), 299 (29%).

12-Acetoxycalanolide A (

2

), [αa]

D

=+20°, gave a parent ion by HREIMS at m/z 412.1825 daltons corresponding to a molecular formula of C

24

H

28

O

6

. Significant fragment ions were observed for M

+

—CH

3

(m/z 397, 41%), M

+

—AcOH (m/z 352, 30%) and M

+

—ACOH—CH

3

(m/z 337, 100%). The presence of an acetate group was suggested by a sharp 3H singlet in the

1

H NMR spectrum at δ2.10 and

13

C NMR resonances at δ21.2 (3H) and 170.7. The remaining

1

H and

13

C NMR signals for compound

2

were very similar to those recorded for calanolide A (

1

), except that the H12 resonance in compound

2

was shifted downfield to δ5.97. This suggested that compound

2

was the 12-acetoxy derivative of calanolide A (

1

). The J

10-11

(6.5 Hz) and J

11-12

(6.0 Hz) couplings in compound

2

supported a pseudoaxial orientation of the chromanol ring protons. The slightly diminished chromanol proton couplings in compound

2

conceivably resulted from a slight twisting of the flexible chromanol ring. Further evidence for the proposed substituent configuration was provided by difference nOe enhancements of 2% measured between H10 and H12.

Other physicochemical and spectral data for compound

2

were as follows: [α]

D

+20° (CHCl

3

, c 0.5); IR (film) ν

max

2960, 1738, 1585, 1376, 1230, 1138 cm

−1

; HREIMS obs. m/z 412.1825, calc'd for C

24

H

28

O

6

, 412.1886; low res. MS m/z 412 (13%), 397 (41%), 352 (30%), 337 (100%), 299 (8%).

The HREIMS of 12-methoxycalanolide A (

3

), [α]

D

=+32°, showed a parent ion at m/z 384.1924 daltons, corresponding to a molecular formula of C

23

H

28

O

5

. Significant fragment ions observed for M

+

—CH

3

(m/z 369, 12%), M

+

—CH

3

OH (m/z 352, 9%) and M

+

—CH

3

OH—CH

3

(m/z 337, 100%) suggested the presence of a methoxyl group, which was confirmed by a

1

H NMR singlet (δ3.59, 3H) and a corresponding carbon resonance at δ57.6. The

1

H and

13

C NMR spectra revealed that compound

3

had the same skeleton as calanolide A (

1

). However, important differences were observed in the signals for some of the chromanol ring substituents. In addition to the vicinal couplings of J

10-11

(3.5 Hz) and J

11-12

(3.7 Hz), a W coupling of 1.3 Hz was observed between H10 and H12 in compound

3

. The W coupling required a pseudodiequatorial configuration for the C10 and C12 protons. significant nOe enhancements between H11 and both the C10 methyl group (3.5%) and the C12 methoxyl group (3.5%) indicated that H11 was cis to these two substituents and, therefore, had an equatorial orientation about the chromanol ring. It appeared that, in 12-methoxycalanolide A (

3

), the preferred conformation of the chromanol ring was inverted relative to calanolide A (

1

). Thus, while H10, H11, and H12 were oriented α, β, αrespectively in both compounds, in calanolide A (

1

) all three protons were axial, and in 12-methoxycalanolide A (

3

) they were all equatorial.

Other physicochemical and spectral data for compound 3 were as follows: [α]

D

+32° (CHCl

3

, c 0.8); IR (film) ν

max

2960, 1731, 1584, 1380, 1137, cm

−1

; HREIMS obs. m/z 384.1924, calc'd for C

23

H

28

O

5

, 384.1937; low res. MS m/z 384 (5%), 369 (12%), 352 (9%), 337 (100%).

Calanolide B (

4

), [α]

D

=+8°, was isomeric to calanolide A (

1

), as it also showed a HREIMS parent ion at m/z 370.1747 daltons, corresponding to C

22

H

26

O

5

. The

1

H and

13

C NMR spectra of calanolide B (

4

) were virtually identical to those from calanolide A (

1

), with the exception of some variations in signals from the chromanol ring. It was clear from the spectral data that compound

4

differed from compound

1

only in the stereochemical disposition of the chromanol ring substituents. Proton-proton coupling constant analysis showed a 10.5 Hz J

10-11

coupling and a 3.3 Hz J

11-12

coupling. Thus, H10 and H11 were trans-diaxial while H11 and H12 were in a cis configuration with H12 in a pseudoequatorial orientation. Calanolide B (

4

) had the same relative stereochemistry as costatolide (

9

) but its optical rotation was opposite in sign to that reported for compound

9

(Stout, G. H., et al.,

J. Org. Chem.,

29, 3604-3609 (1964)); therefore, compounds

4

and

9

are enantiomeric.

Other physicochemical and spectral data for calanolide B (

4

) were as follows: [α]

D

+10° (acetone, c 1.0) UV λ

max

(MeOH) 325 (ε13,700), 284 (e 22,800), 228 (ε22,200) nm; IR (film) ν

max

3470, 2970, 1732, 1587 cm

−1

; HREIMS obs. m/z 370.1747, calc'd for C

22

H

26

O

5

, 370.1780; low res. MS m/z 370 (3%), 355 (100%), 337 (13%), 300 (5%), 299 (20%).

12-Methoxycalanolide B (5), [α]

D

=+34°, provided a HREIMS parent ion at m/z 384.1890 daltons appropriate for a molecular formula of C

23

H

28

O

5

. Additional fragment ions were seen for M

+

—CH

3

(m/z 369, 12%), M

+

—CH

3

OH (m/z 352, 13%) and M

+

—CH

3

OH—CH

3

(m/z 337, 100%). The

1

H and

13

C NMR spectra of compound

5

were virtually identical to those recorded for compound

4

, with the addition of a sharp 3H singlet at δ3.58 and a corresponding carbon resonance at δ59.4. These data indicated that compound

5

was the 12-methoxyl derivative of calanolide B (

4

). This assignment was confirmed by acid hydrolysis of 2 mg of compound

5

in 400 μl of THF/H

2

O and 8 μl of 6N HCl at room temperature for 48 hr to provide compound

4

as the only product.

Other physicochemical and spectral data for compound

5

were as follows: [α]

D

+34° (CHCl

3

, c 0.5); IR (film) ν

max

2966, 1734, 1716, 1700, 1558, 1540, 1506, 1457 cm

−1

; HREIMS obs. m/z 384.1890, calc'd for C

23

H

28

O

5

, 384.1937; low res. MS m/z 384 (4%), 369 (12%), 352 (13%), 337 (100%).

Compound

6

, [α]

D

=+68°, also was isomeric with calanolide A (

1

), since it showed similarly a HREIMS parent ion at m/z 370.1695 daltons, consistent with a molecular formula of C

22

H

26

O

5

. Fragment ions were found at M

+

—CH

3

(m/z 355, 100%), M

+

—CH

3

-H

2

O (m/z 337, 25%) and M

+

—C

5

H

11

(m/z 299, 35%). Again, the only notable differences between the

1

H and

13

C NMR spectra of

6

and those recorded for compound

1

were the resonances associated with the chromanol ring. The J

10-11

in compound

6

was 2.5 Hz, while J

11-12

was 6.0 Hz. These coupling constants were insufficient to define the relative stereochemistry of carbons 10, 11, and 12. However, the C12 hydroxyl proton gave a sharpened peak with a 1.5 Hz coupling to H12 which suggested that the rate of exchange of the OH proton was reduced due to hydrogen bonding to 01. Hydrogen bonding to O1 would require an equatorial OH at C12. A 5% nOe enhancement between H10 and H12 confirmed that these protons each had axial orientations. Therefore, H11 had to be equatorial. Compound

6

was thus the C11 epimer of calanolide A (

1

) and had the same substitution pattern and relative stereochemistry about the chromanol ring as the previously described coumarin derivative inophyllum A (12) (Bandara, B. M. R., et al.,

Phytochemistry,

25, 425-428 (1986)); the J

10-11

(3.3 Hz) and J

11-12

values (5.4 Hz) reported earlier for compound

12

were in good agreement with the respective couplings observed in compound

6

.

Other physicochemical and spectral data for compound

6

were as follows: [α]

D

+68° (CHCl

3

, c 0.7); IR (film) ν

max

2960, 1729, 1620, 1582, 1120 cm

−1

; HREIMS obs. m/z 370.1695, calc'd for C

22

H

26

O

5

, 370.1780; low res. MS m/z 370 (52%), 355 (100%), 337 (25%), 200 (35%).

Compound

7

, [α]

D

=+600, provided a HREIMS molecular ion at m/z 368.1213 appropriate for a molecular formula of C

22

H

24

O

5

. This required that compound

7

had one additional unsaturation equivalent relative to calanolide A (

1

). The infrared spectrum, with bands at 1734 and 1697 cm

1

, suggested the presence of an additional carbonyl group. Heteronuclear correlation experiments allowed the complete assignment of the

1

H and

13

C NMR spectra of compound

7

. While the

13

C NMR spectrum of compound

7

was quite similar to that of calanolide A (

1

), the C12 peak in compound

7

was shifted downfield to δ192.9, indicative of an α,β-unsaturated ketone functionality. A shift of the C11 proton resonance in compound

7

to δ2.61 supported its placement α to a ketone carbonyl.

The small coupling measured between H10 and H11 (J

10-11

=3.0 Hz) indicated that at least one of these protons was equatorial. The previously described oxidation product (

13

) of soulattrolide (

14

) (Gunasekera, S. P., et al.,

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin I,

1505-1511 (1977)) contains a similar 2,3-dimethyl-benzopyranone ring system. In compound

13

, H10 and H11 are trans, and a J

10-11

coupling of 11.0 Hz was reported. This indicated that when the H10 and H11 protons were trans, the ring adopted a conformation with these two protons in a diaxial orientation. Therefore, the relative stereochemistry of the H10 and H11 protons in compound

7

had to be cis. The absolute stereochemistry at C10 and C11 has not been determined and, therefore, both of the corresponding methyls have been drawn arbitrarily as a in FIG.

1

.

Other physicochemical and spectral data for compound

7

were as follows: [α]

D

+60° (CHCl

3

, c 0.5); IR (film) ν

max

2960, 1734, 1697, 1684, 1575, 1558 cm

−1

; HREIMS obs. m/z 368.1213, calc'd for C

22

H

24

O

5

, 368.1624; low res. MS m/z 368 (25%), 353 (100%), 297 (68%).

Compound

8

, [α]

D

=+30°, had a molecular formula of C

22

H

28

O

6

, as indicated by the HREIMS parent ion at m/z 388.1890 daltons. Fragment ions appropriate for M

+

—CH

3

(m/z 373, 100%), M

+

—C

3

H

7

(m/z 345, 3%), M

+

—CO

2

CH

3

(m/z 329, 5%), M

+

—C

3

H

7

O

2

(m/z 313, 3%) and M

+

—COCHCH

3

CHOHCH

3

(m/z 287, 3%) were also observed. The complete

1

H and

13

C NMR spectra of compound

8

were assigned with information provided from nOe experiments and heteronuclear correlations. The

13

C NMR spectrum contained signals for an unsaturated ketone (δ201.0), a saturated ester (δ178.6), a disubstituted olefin (δ125.6 [1H] and 115.6 [1H]) and a fully substituted benzene ring bearing three oxygens (δ160.0 [2C], 157.3, 108.9, 102.6 and 101.2). Therefore, compound

8

had only three of the four rings found in the other members of the calanolide series. In contrast to compounds

1

-

7

, which gave vivid blue spots on TLC when charred with vanillin/H

2

SO

4

, compound

8

gave a brownish-green spot.

The

1

H and

13

C NMR spectra of compound

8

showed some resonances that corresponded closely to the coumarin and 2,2-dimethylchromene ring systems of compounds

1

-

7

. However, the C3/C4 double bond in compounds

1

-

7

was fully saturated in compound

8

. For clarity of discussion, as depicted in

FIG. 2

, the carbon atoms have been numbered in compound

8

in a scheme that is analogous to the numbering shown for calanolide A (

1

) and which likewise applies to the others of the series, i.e., compounds

2

-

7

. The saturation of the double bond resulted in a methylene (δ2.81 dd, J=15.0, 9.0 Hz and 2.67 dd, J=15.0, 6.5 Hz) α to the lactone carbonyl that was coupled to the C4 benzylic methine (δ3.67 m). The C4 proton also showed heteronuclear correlations to C2, C3, C4a, C12b, C13 and C14, which supported the presence of a 3,4-dihydrocoumarin skeleton with an n-propyl substituent at C4. Heteronuclear correlations, including those between H8 and C4b, C6, and C8b, confirmed the placement of the chromene functionality on the coumarin ring system. This suggested that the chromanol ring system present in compounds

1

-

7

was open in compound

8

.

The position of the phenol on C8b was established by heteronuclear correlations from the phenolic proton to C8a, C8b, and C12a and an nOe interaction with H8. Since the remaining ketone group in the molecule was unsaturated, it had to be located on C12. In this position it could accept a hydrogen bond from the C8b phenol proton, which appeared as a sharp singlet at δ12.40. The downfield shift of H11 (δ2.52 dq, J=3.5, 6.5 Hz) was appropriate for a methine located α to a ketone. The C10 carbinol methine proton (δ4.49 dq, J=7.0, 3.5 Hz) showed vicinal coupling to H11 and to the C18 methyl group. All heteronuclear correlations, including those from the C19 methyl protons to C10, C11 and C12, were fully consistent with the proposed structure for compound

8

.

Other physicochemical and spectral data for compound

8

(

FIG. 1

) were as follows: [α]

D

+30° (CHCl

3

, c0.5); IR (film) ν

max

2960, 1706, 1644, 1625, 1442, 1131 cm

−1

; HREIMS obs. m/z 388.1890, calc'd for C

22

H

28

O

6

, 388.1886; low res. MS m/z 388 (19%), 373 (100%), 345 (3%), 329 (5%), 313 (3%), 287 (3%).

The absolute stereochemistry of calanolide A (

1

) and calanolide B (4) was determined by a modified Mosher's method (Ohtani, I., et al.,

Tetrahedron Lett.,

30(24), 3147-3150 (1989);

J. Org. Chem.,

56, 1296-1298 (1991)). The technique utilized anisotropic shifts induced in the

1

H NMR spectra of methoxy(trifluoromethyl)-phenylacetic (MTPA) esters of secondary alcohols to define the absolute stereochemistry. Both (+)-(R)- and (−)-(S)-MTPA esters (

FIG. 3

) of compounds

1

and

4

were prepared.

A solution of (R)-α-methoxy-α-(trifluoromethyl)phenylacetic acid chloride ((R)-MTPA chloride) (2.5 mg in 50 μl of benzene) was added to 3 mg of calanolide A (

1

) dissolved in 3 ml of dry benzene. A 0.03 mg aliquot of dimethylaminopyridine and 10 μl of triethylamine were added, and the reaction mixture was refluxed. After 3 h, a second 2.5 mg portion of (R)-MTPA chloride was added, and the reaction was refluxed for an additional 21 h. When the mixture was cooled, 10 ml of benzene were added and the organic phase was successively washed with 10% HCl, 1 N NaHCO

3

, and H

2

O. The solution was dried over Na

2

SO

4

, evaporated to dryness, and then quickly chromatographed on a short plug (1×2 cm) of silica, eluting with mixtures of hexane/EtOAc. A compound which appeared to be an elimination product eluted first with 5% EtoAc, while the desired (S)-MTPA ester eluted with 12% EtOAc. The same procedure was repeated with (S)-MTPA chloride to give the. (R)-MTPA ester. The (S)- and (R)-MTPA esters of calanolide B (

4

) were prepared in an identical fashion, with the exception that, after the second addition of the MTPA chloride, the reaction mixture was refluxed for only an additional 2 h (total time of reflux=5 h). The Δδvalues (

FIG. 3

) from the 500 MHz

1

H NMR spectra were calculated (Δδ=δ

S

−δ

R

). By this method, the absolute configuration of C12 was determined to be 12S in calanolide A (

1

) and 12R in calanolide B (

4

). As established earlier, calanolide A (

1

) [10R, 11R, 12S] and calanolide B (

4

) [10R, 11R, 12R] were C12 epimers.

Esterification of calanolide A (

1

) occurred slowly (24 hr reflux for compound

1

vs. 5 hr for compound

4

), and, by

1

H NMR analysis, esterification appeared to cause a change in the conformation of the chromanol ring. The methyls and the ester group flipped from equatorial to axial positions in the MTPA ester of compound

1

, as J

10

-11=2.5 Hz (previously 9.0 Hz) and J

11-12

=2.5 Hz (previously 8.0 Hz). In addition, a 4-bond W coupling of 1.5 Hz between H10 and H12 also could be observed. Similar changes in the conformation of the chromanol ring were previously noted for compound

3

. The anisotropic shifts induced in the MTPA esters indicated that the bulky MTPA group was sterically repulsed by the coumarin ring lactone. Thus, the plane that divided the molecule's proton resonances into Δδ-positive and Δδ-negative did not cleanly bisect the dihydropyran ring through C12 and O9. In calanolide A (

1

), the dividing plane seemed to come closer to C6 and, in calanolide B (

4

), to C8b. Due to the 1,3-diaxial orientation of the C10β-methyl and the C12βB-ester group in the MTPA ester of compound

1

, the former methyl group was very strongly influenced by the ester (Δδ=−240 in comparison to −16 measured for the C11α-methyl).

Summaries of the 500 MHz

1

H-NMR data and the 125 MHz

13

C-NMR data for compounds

1

-B (

FIG. 1

) are provided in Tables 1 and 2, respectively.

TABLE 1

500 MHz

1

H NMR Data for Compounds 1-8

a

Proton

#

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

3

5.92, t,

5.93, t,

5.94, t,

5.93, t,

5.92, t,

5.94, t,

5.98, t,

2.67, dd,

J=1.0Hz

J=1.0Hz

J=1.0Hz

J=1.0Hz

J=1.0Hz

J=1.0Hz

J=1.0Hz

J=6.5, 15.0Hz

2.81, dd,

J=9.0, 15.0Hz

4

3.67, br m

7

5.52, d,

5.52, d,

5.50, d,

5.51, d,

5.51, d,

5.56, d,

5.61, d,

5.46, d,

J=9.5Hz

J=10.0Hz

J=10.0Hz

J=10.0Hz

J=10.0Hz

J=10.5Hz

J=11.0Hz

J=10.0Hz

8

6.60, d,

6.61, d,

6.61, d,

6.61, d,

6.60, d,

6.83, d,

6.78, d,

6.58, d,

J=9.5Hz

J=10.0Hz

J=10.0Hz

J=10.0Hz

J=10.0Hz

J=10.5Hz

J=11 0Hz

J=10.0Hz

10

3.90, dq,

4.16, quin,

4.26, ddq,

4.24, dq,

4.27, dq,

4.32, dq,

4.69, dq,

4.49, dq,

J-9.0, 6.5Hz

J=6.5Hz

J=1.3, 3.5,

J=10.5, 6.5Hz

J=11.0, 6.0Hz

J=2.5, 7.0Hz

J=3.0, 6.5Hz

J=3.5, 7.0Hz

6.5Hz

11

1.91, ddq,

2.09, ddd,

2.23, ddq,

1.73, ddq,

1.69, ddq,

2.22, ddq,

2.61, dq,

2.52, dq,

J=9.0, 8.0,

J=6.0, 6.5,

J=3.5, 3.7,

J=10.5, 3.3,

J=11.0, 2.5,

J=2.5, 6.0, 7.0

J=3.0, 7.0Hz

J=3.5, 6.5Hz

6.5Hz

7.5Hz

7.5Hz

6.5Hz

6.0Hz

Hz

12

4.70, d,

5.97, d,

4.31, dd,

4.95, d,

4.54, d,

5.06, dd,

J=8.0Hz

J=6.0Hz

J=3.7, 1.3Hz

J=3.3Hz

J=2.5Hz

J=6.0, 1.5Hz

13, 13′

2.87, m

2.86, m

2.80, m

2.87, m

2.88, m

2.88, m

2.85, m

1.50, m

2.92, m

2.79, m

1.80, m

14, 14′

1.63, m

1.63, sext,

1.63, m

1.63, sext,

1.64, sext,

1.60, sext,

1.63, sext,

1.14, m(2H)

J=7.0Hz

J=7.0Hz

J=7.0Hz

J=7.0Hz

J=7.0Hz

15

1.01, t,

1.01, t,

1.01, t,

1.01, t,

1.01, t,

0.98, t,

1.01, t,

0.84, t,

J=7.5Hz

J=7.0Hz

J=7.5Hz

J=7.5Hz

J=7.5Hz

J=7.5Hz

J=7.5Hz

J=7.0Hz

16

1.44, s

1.46, s

1.41, s

1.46, s

1.46, s

1.46, s

1.50, s

b

1.41, s

17

1.49, s

1.49, s

1.45, s

1.47, s

1.47, s

1.46, s

1.50, s

b

1.45, s

18

1.44, d,

1.43, d,

1.45, d,

1.41, d,

1.38, d,

1.41, d,

1.42, d,

1.35, d,

J=6.5Hz

J=6.5Hz

J=7.0Hz

J=6.0Hz

J=6.5Hz

J=7.0Hz

J=7.0Hz

J=7.0Hz

19

1.13, d,

1.05, d,

1.00, d,

1.12, d,

1.13, d,

1.06, d,

1.14, d,

1.12, d,

J=6.5Hz

J=7.5Hz

J=7.5Hz

J=7.0Hz

J=6.5Hz

J=7.5Hz

J=7.5Hz

J=6.5Hz

OR

3.55, brs (OH)

2.10, s (OAc)

3.59, s (OMe)

2.43, brs (OH)

3.58, s (OMe)

3.64, d,

12.4, s (OH)

J=1.5Hz (OH)

a

Spectra obtained in CDCl

3

. Compounds 1, 7 and 8 were assigned by HMQC, HMBC, COSY and difference nOe experiments. Assignments for compounds 2-6 were made by analogy.

b

Two peaks separated by 0.04Hz

TABLE 2

125 MHz

13

C NMR Data for Compounds 1-8

a

CARBON

#

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

2

160.4

160.0

160.9

160.9

160.8

160.8

160.0

178.6

3

110.1

110.9

110.7

110.3

110.3

111.1

111.4

38.5

4

158.9

157.7

158.2

158.7

158.5

158.6

158.1

30.5

4a

104.0

101.1

b

102.7

103.5

103.2

103.5

b

102.7

108.9

4b

151.1

151.7

151.6

151.4

151.4

150.6

157.6

157.3

6

76.6

77.8

77.6

77.7

77.6

78.8

78.9

78.2

7

126.9

126.8

126.6

126.7

126.6

126.9

128.2

125.6

8

116.5

116.4

116.6

116.5

116.6

115.7

115.0

115.6

8a

106.3

104.1

b

104.1

106.1

b

104.7

b

102.9

b

104.1

102.6

8b

153.1

152.6

151.6

153.9

153.8

152.6

160.0

160.0

f

10

77.7

76.6

73.8

73.0

73.4

75.6

77.4

76.1

11

40.5

38.6

c

35.1

38.6

c

38.66

35.1

45.7

44.2

12

67.2

67.1

77.6

61.9

70.8

65.9

192.9

201.0

12a

106.3

106.2

b

106.4

106.2

b

106.0

b

109.2

b

106.8

101.2

12b

154.4

154.4

155.1

153.1

153.1

154.6

154.3

160.0

f

13

38.7

38.1

c

38.6

38.2

c

38.65

38.9

38.9

35.4

14

23.3

23.3

23.3

23.3

23.3

23.2

23.0

20.7

15

14.0

14.0

14.0

14.0

14.1

14.0

13.9

14.0

16

27.4

27.8

27.7

27.8

27.8

28.2

28.0

28.1

17

28.0

28.0

27.9

27.7

27.9

28.4

28.1

28.5

18

18.9

19.2

19.5

18.9

19.2

16.8

15.9

16.2

19

15.1

15.3

17.0

12.5

13.3

7.2

9.0

9.3

170.7

d

57.6

e

59.4

e

21.2

d

a

Spectra recorded in CDCl

3

and attached protons determined by the DEPT pulse sequence.

b,c

Resonances within a column may be interchangeable.

d

Acetyl resonances.

e

Methoxy resonances.

f

In CD

3

OD these signals appeared as doubled peaks at δ 161.20, 161.16 and δ 161.10, 161.03.

Example 4

This example illustrates the antiviral activity of calanolides and related compounds from

Calophyllum laniaerum

Miq. var.

austrocoriaceum

(T. C. Whitmore) P. F. Stevens. Pure compounds were initially evaluated for antiviral activity using an XTT-tetrazolium anti-HIV primary screening assay described previously (Boyd, M. R., in

AIDS Etiology. Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention

(DeVita V. T., Jr., Hellman S., Rosenberg S. A., eds.), pp 305-319 (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1988); Gustafson, K. R., et al.,

J. Med. Chem.,

35, 1978-1986 (1992); Weislow, O. S., et al.,

J. Natl. Cancer Inst.,

81, 577-586 (1989); Gulakowski, R. J., et al.,

J. Virol. Methods,

33, 87-100 (1991)). The CEM-SS human lymphocytic target cell line used in all assays was maintained in RPMI 1640 medium (Gibco, Grand Island, N.Y.), without phenol red, and was supplemented with 5% fetal bovine serum, 2 mM L-glutamine and 50 μg/ml gentamicin (complete medium). Exponentially-growing cells were pelleted and resuspended at a concentration of 2.0×10

5

cells/ml in complete medium. The Haitian variant of HIV, HTLV-III

RF

(3.54×10

6

SFU/ml), was used throughout. Frozen virus stock solutions were thawed immediately before use and resuspended in complete medium to yield 1.2×12

5

SFU/ml. The appropriate amounts of the pure compounds for anti-HIV evaluations were dissolved in 100% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), then diluted in complete medium to the desired initial concentration (and with the final DMSO content not exceeding 1%). All serial drug dilutions, reagent additions, and plate-to-plate transfers were carried out with an automated Biomek 1000 Workstation (Beckman Instruments, Palo Alto, Calif.).

Over a broad concentration range (<0.1->10 μM), calanolide A (

1

) provided complete protection against the cytopathic effects of HIV-1 infection in the primary screening assay and essentially halted HIV-1 reproduction in human T-lymphoblastic (CEM-SS) cells. Calanolide B (

4

), the C12 epimer of compound

1

, also provided complete inhibition of HIV-1 in this assay, giving an EC

50

=0.4 μM and an IC

50

=15.0 μM. The ester derivative, 12-acetoxycalanolide A (

2

) also was active against HIV-1, albeit somewhat less potent (EC

50

=2.7 μM, IC

50

=13 μM). Compound

6

showed weak but detectable anti-HIV activity, as did the 12-methoxycalanolide B (5); however, the antiviral activity of the corresponding 12-methoxycalanolide A (

3

) was not detectable in the primary screen. Compounds

7

and

8

were inactive in the primary screening assay, indicating the requirement for a fully reduced oxygen functionality, or derivative substitutent thereof, at C-12, and the further requirement for the intact, characteristic central carbon skeleton shared by compounds

1

-

6

.

For a further demonstration of the anti-HIV activity of pure compounds, a battery of interrelated assays was performed on individual wells of 96-well microtiter plates as described in detail elsewhere (Gulakowski, R. J. et al.,

J. Virol. Methods,

33, 87-100 (1991)). Briefly, the procedure was as follows. Uninfected CEM-SS cells were plated at a density of 1×10

4

cells in 50 μl of complete medium. Diluted HIV-1 virus was then added to appropriate wells in a volume of 50 μl to yield a multiplicity of infection of 0.6. Appropriate cell, virus and drug controls were incorporated in each experiment; the final volume in each microtiter well was 200 μl. Quadruplicate wells were used for virus-infected cells, and duplicate wells were used for uninfected cells. Plates were incubated at 37° C. in an atmosphere containing 5% CO

2

for 6 days. Subsequently, aliquots of cell-free supernatant were removed from each well using the Biomek, and analyzed for reverse transcriptase activity, p24 antigen production and synthesis of infectious virions as described (Gulakowski, R. J., et al.,

J. Virol. Methods,

33, 87-100 (1991)). Cellular growth or viability then was estimated on the remaining contents of each well using the XTT (Weislow, O. S., et al.,

J. Natl. Cancer Inst.,

81, 577-586 (1989)), BCECF (Rink, T. L., et al.,

J. Cell. Biol.,

95, 189-196 (1982)) and DAPI (McCaffrey, T. A., et al.,

In Vitro Cell Develop. Biol.,

24, 247-252 (1988)) assays as described (Gulakowski, R. J., et al.,

J. Virol. Methods,

33, 87-100 (1991)). To facilitate graphical displays and comparisons of data, the individual experimental assay results (of at least quadruplicate determinations of each) were averaged, and the mean values were used to calculate percentages in reference to the appropriate controls. Standard errors of the mean values used in these calculations typically averaged less than 10% of the respective mean values.

As illustrated in

FIGS. 4A-D

, calanolide A was capable of complete inhibition of the cytopathic effects of HIV-1 upon CEM-SS human lymphoblastoid target cells in vitro (EC

50

−

0.1 μM); direct cytotoxicity of the compound upon the target cells was apparent only at 100-fold greater concentrations (IC

50

−

13 μM; in vitro “therapeutic index”≧130). Calanolide A also strikingly inhibited the production of RT, p24, and SFU in HIV-1-infected CEM-SS within these same inhibitory effective concentrations, indicating a cessation of viral replication. Similar results (data not shown) as those depicted for calanolide A in

FIGS. 4A-D

were also obtained with calanolide B, with a noncytotoxic concentration of the latter completely inhibiting HIV-replication and affording complete protection against HIV cytopathicity.

Example 5

This example illustrates antiviral calanolide derivatives and related antiviral compounds. One skilled in the art will appreciate that other antiviral calanolides or antiviral derivatives thereof, in addition to the calanolides and derivatives of Example 3, may be isolated from natural sources and/or be synthesized chemically. Antiviral calanolides or antiviral derivatives thereof can comprise two distinct series, as illustrated more generally in FIG.

5

. For example, calanolide A (

1

) from Example 3 is of series 1, wherein R

1

is CH

2

CH

2

CH

3

, R

2

is OH, R

4

is CH

3

, and R

5

is CH

3

. Calanolide B (

4

) from Example 3 is of series 1, wherein R

1

is CH

2

CH

2

CH

3

, R

2

is OH, R

4

is CH

3

, and R

5

is CH

3

. Compound

2

from Example 3 is of series 1, wherein R

1

is CH

2

CH

2

CH

3

, R

2

is O

2

CR

3

, R

3

is —CH

3

, R

4

is CH

3

, and R

5

is CH

3

. Compound

3

from Example 3 is of series 1, wherein R

1

is CH

2

CH

2

CH

3

, R

2

is OR

3

, R

3

is —CH

3

, R

4

is CH

3

, and R

5

is CH

3

. Compound

5

from Example 3 is of series

1

, wherein OR

1

is CH

2

CH

2

CH

3

, R

2

is R

3

, R

3

is —CH

3

, R

4

is CH

3

, and R

5

is CH

3

. Compound

6

from Example 3 is of series 1, wherein R

1

is CH

2

CH

2

CH

3

, R

2

is OH, and R

4

and R

5

are each CH

3

. The previously known, naturally-occurring compound (Stout, G. H., and Stevens, K. L.,

J. Org. Chem.,

29, 3604-3609 (1964)) costatolide (compound

9

of

FIG. 2

) is an example of series 1, wherein R

1

is CH

2

CH

2

CH

3

, R

2

is OH, R

4

is CH

3

, and R

5

is CH

3

. Compound

7

from Example

3

illustrates a related natural product from

Calophyllum lanigerum

which has the same carbon skeleton that characterizes members of series 1, wherein R

1

is CH

2

CH

2

CH

3

and R

4

and R

5

are each CH

3

.

Whereas the above examples provide the essential precedents for the characteristic structural (stereochemical and substituent) features about C-10, C-11, and C-12 relative to the antiviral calanolides and antiviral derivatives thereof of

FIG. 5

, there are also precedents for variations at R

1

provided by related naturally occurring compounds having variations at C-4. For example, compounds, which have the same central carbon skeleton that characterize the antiviral calanolides and antiviral derivatives thereof of

FIG. 5

, have been isolated that have CH

3

or aryl substituents at C-4 (Dharmaratne, H.R.W., et al.,

Phytochemistry,

24, 1553-1556 (1985); Gunasekera, S.P., et al.,

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin I

, 1505-1511(1977)), but differ in the stereochemistry and/or substituents at C-10, C-11, and C-12 that characterize the calanolides. For example, the previously known (Gunasekera, S.P., et al.,

J. Chem. Soc. Perkin I

, 1505-1511(1977)), naturally occurring compound soulattrolide (compound

14

of

FIG. 2

) is an example of a series 1 compound, wherein R

1

is C

6

H

5

, R

2

is OH, R

4

is CH

3

, and R

5

is CH

3

.

As a more specific illustration, the isolation and purification of costatolide (

9

) and soulattrolide (

14

) from latex of

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

is provided in Example 8 below. The previously unknown antiviral activity of these two compounds is shown in Example 10 and Table 6 below.

Whereas the above examples provide precedents for the isolation of naturally occurring antiviral calanolides and antiviral derivatives thereof, and of other natural products that show the essential structural features of antiviral calanolides and derivatives thereof of series 1, one skilled in the art also will appreciate that, using standard organic chemical methodology, a number of structural modifications can be made for purposes of preparing antiviral calanolides or antiviral derivatives thereof. For example, antiviral calanolides and antiviral derivatives of series 2 can be made from calanolides or derivatives thereof of series 1. More specifically, an antiviral member of series 1 may be converted to the corresponding member of series 2, wherein C7 and C8 of the latter are fully saturated. 7,8-dihydro calanolide A of series 2 can be made from calanolide A of series 1 by platinum oxide-catalyzed hydrogenation of the 7,8 olefinic linkage.

Example 9 below more specifically illustrates the conversion of series 1 compounds (calanolide A, calanolide B, costatolide, and soulattrolide) to series 2 compounds (7,8-dihydrocalanolide A, 7,8-dihydrocalanolide B, 7,8-dihydrocostatolide, and 7,8-dihydrosoulattrolide, respectively).

As a further example, an antiviral member of either series 1 or 2, wherein R

2

is OH or OH can be converted to the corresponding C-12 ester or sulfonate ester, wherein R

2

is O

2

CR

3

, O

2

CR

3

3

SR

3

, or O

3

SR

3

, by reaction with the corresponding acid halide, X-OCR

3

, or X-O

2

SR

3

, wherein X=Cl, Br, or I, and R

3

is C

1

-C

6

alkyl or aryl, or, alternatively, by reaction directly with the corresponding acids, HO

2

CR

3

, or HO

3

SR

3

, wherein R

3

is C

1

-C

6

alkyl or aryl, and dicyclohex-ylcarbodiimide in anhydrous pyridine or triethylamine. Vice versa, a C-12 ester of either series 1 or 2, wherein R

2

is O

2

CR

3

, O

2

CR

3

, O

3

SR

3

or O

3

SR

3

, and R

3

is C

1

-C

6

alkyl or aryl, may be hydrolyzed chemically or enzymatically to the respective parent calanolide compound, wherein R

2

is OH or OH. It is further noted that calanolide derivatives esterified at C-12, which are susceptible to plasma- or tissue-esterase mediated deesterification, can serve as prodrugs in vivo for antiviral calanolides, wherein the C-12 substituent is OH or OH.

Example 6

This example sets forth the taxonomic characteristics of

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

(Soejarto et al. 7853, 7854, 7899, 7900, 7901, 7902) used in Examples 7 and 8. Of the five trees with dbh >30 cm, tree 7854 grows on a ridge, while 7899-7902 are found along gentle slopes, towards streams found at lower sides of these slopes, in a deep kerangas forest at Sampedi Forest Reserve, which has been selectively logged. These 5 trees are situated along a more-or-less straight line, each tree separated from the other by a distance of between 40 and 75 m; the distance between trees 7854 and 7902 (at the opposite ends of the straight line) is about 300 m. Further search indicated that within this 0.3 hectare of this forest, only those 5 large trees of

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

were present. Based on this observation, it was estimated that approximately 15 large (dbh >30 cm) trees might be expected to be found in a one-hectare forest in this locality. However, many more small trees of this species (saplings and seedlings) were found.

These five trees are characterized taxonomically as follows: tree 12-25 m tall, dbh 30-60 cm, trunk at base with low spurs, bark gray-brown to gray-black, roughly fissured, cracked, and scaling off, slash light pinkish red to pinkish brown, latex clear-yellow, seeping out as tiny droplets or en masse and collecting on the cut surface of the bark, sticky; twigs slightly flattened-to-angled, covered with blackish brown pubescence, terminal buds small, somewhat conical and flattened, 1 cm long, covered by similar pubescence as the twig; leaves strongly coriaceous, dark olive-brown above, paler beneath, narrowly obovate to elliptic-obovate-to-oblong, 10-18 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, apex rounded, base cuneate to rounded-cuneate, margins entire sharply recurved, veins 14-16 per 5 mm, petiole 1.5-2 cm long, canaliculate. All trees were sterile at the time of collection. The characteristic features of

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

as compared to

Calophyllum lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

are summarized in Table 3. According to Stevens, P. F.,

J. Arnold Arbor.,

61, 356-361, 431-443 (1980), sterile specimens of

C. teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

are distinguished from

C. lanigerum

var.

austrocoriaceum

by the larger tree size, the dark brown to blackish, rough and coarsely fissured and cracked trunkbark (vs. the lighter colored, smoothish and lenticellate bark of

C. langerium

var.

austrocoriaceum

), the smaller and less plump terminal buds, the normally less elongate leaves which are more strongly coriaceous in texture, and the recurved leaf margins.

TABLE 3

Distinguishing features between

Calophyllum teysmannii

var. inophylloide

and

Calophyllum lanigerum

var. austrocoriaceum

Tree

to 40 m tall, dbh to 95 cm

to 21 m tall, dbh to 48 cm

Bark

gray-black, roughly

brownish yellow to dark

fissured and cracked

brown, smoothish and

lenticellate, either

irregularly arranged in a ring

or in longitudinal rows

Trunkbase

with spurs/small buttresses

no spur or buttresse

at base

Leaf blade

elongate ovate to elliptic to

obovate to narrowly ovate to

oblong 7-17 cm long by

oblong, 4-20 cm long by

3-5 cm wide, strongly

3-8 cm wide, coriaceous

coriaceous margins

margins not recurved

recurved

Lateral veins

6-21 per 5 mm

6-15 per mm

Terminal

small, 0.2-1 cm long

large and plump,

bud

1.5-3 cm long

Example 1

This example illustrates the collection of latex (resinous exudate) from the

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

trees of Example 6 (Soejarto et al. 7853, 7854, 7899, 7900, 7901, 7902). On the trunkbark at breast-high of tree 7854, two old wounds (slashes) made on Jul. 19, 1992, had healed by the visit of Jan. 7, 1993. On these old wounds, latex crusts that had dried up from the July 1992 cuts remained. These latex crusts were of opaque, light yellowish color. These were collected by scraping the dried crusts with a pocket knife and placing them in a small polyethylene (plastic) bag. In addition to these old wounds, new slashes were made, from which a fresh latex sample was collected and placed in a separate plastic bag. All latex samples were numbered accordingly.

Slashes were also made on trees 7899-7902, and latex samples scraped from the cut surfaces, where enough quantity would collect within 5-20 minutes after a slash was made. Since the latex is scanty and is not free-flowing, the term “tapping” is not appropriate for collecting latex samples of Calophyllum species. The term “scraping,” such as by using a pocket knife, is more appropriate.

Slashing method: clean slashes (cuts) of varying sizes, 3-25 cm long by 1.5-3 cm wide, were made using a large cutting tool (a machete or “parang”), taking care not to cut the cambium layer. From 4 to 9 slashes per tree at breast high were made. Direction of slashes ranges from horizontal (perpendicular to the tree axis) to a slant of 450° angle. After enough latex has accumulated on the slashed surfaces, this is scraped carefully using a pocket knife.

Scraping method: a pocket knife is held and traced along the contour of the slash/cut to gather the latex. (a) One scraping operation was made from all the slashes on every tree in late morning of Jan. 7, 1993; the total latex sample from all slashes on one tree was placed in a small plastic bag. (b) A second scraping was made on all slashes of every tree in the late afternoon of Jan. 7, 1993; the total latex sample from a number of slashes on one tree was placed in a small plastic bag, separate from the morning scraping. (c) A third scraping was made on all slashes of every tree in the morning of Jan. 8, 1993; the total latex from a number of slashes on one tree was placed in a small plastic bag, separate from those made on Jan. 7, 1993. (d) A fourth scraping was made on all slashes of every tree on the week of Jan. 11, 1993; the total latex from a number of slashes on one tree was placed in a small plastic bag, separate from those made previously.

It was noticed that all latex samples changed in appearance (color) from clear-yellow (upon exudating on the cut surface) to opaque-yellow, following scraping and handling in the plastic bag. When dry (in the bag), it became “crumbly” to more-or-less “sandy” in texture. One day after collection, latex samples in the plastic bag emitted a rather strong, characteristic odor, which is not unpleasant.

These samples were kept in a dry place at all times and were packed into several larger plastic bags. These bags were shipped by air to the U.S. as carry-on luggage, without any special treatment or handling, and arrived on Jan. 15, 1993 in good condition; each bag continued to emit the same characteristic odor. A summary of latex yields from the five trees is presented in Table 4.

TABLE 4

Trunkbark-latex yield of

Calophyllum teysmannii

var. inophylloide

Collector's #

Tree

Scraping Day/Time

(NCI Barcode)

DBH

# of Slashes

Jan 7/am

Jan 7/pm

Jan 8/am

Wk Jan 11

Tot. Yield

Soejarto et al.

16 cm

7 (3-6 cm ×

(1.5 g)

(1.5 g)

7853

1½-2 cm)

(U44Z-6117-K)

Soejarto et al.

37 cm

4 (8-20 cm ×

2.5 g

2.4 g

3.8 g

10.0 g

18.7 g

7854

1½-3 cm)

(U44Z-6118-L)

Soejarto et al.

57 cm

9 (6-15 cm ×

1.1 g

3.4 g

5.0 g

10.0 g

19.5 g

7899

1-4 cm)

(U44Z-6996-P)

Soejarto et al.

32 cm

9 (8-13 cm ×

1.1 g

2.0 g

4.4 g

8.0 g

15.5 g

7900

1-3 cm)

(U44Z-6997-Q)

Soejarto et al.

55 cm

7 (5-15 cm ×

0.5 g

2.1 g

7.7 g

7.0 g

17.3 g

7901

2-6 cm)

(U44Z-6998-R)

Soejarto et al.

45 cm

9 (8-25 cm ×

2.6 g

9.2 g

2.0 g

8.5 g

22.3 g

7902

2-5 cm)

(U44Z-6999-S)

Total trunkbark-latex yield from 5 trees with DBH > 30 cm in 4 scrapings

93.3 g

Example 8

This example sets forth the isolation of costatolide (compound

9

of

FIG. 2

) and soulattrolide (compound

14

of

FIG. 2

) from the latex of Example 7. Neither of these previously known compounds were known to occur in the latex of

Calophyllum teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

nor were they known to have antiviral activity.

A crude

Calophylluni teysmannii

var.

inophylloide

latex sample (30 g) was triturated 3 times with 250 ml of CHCl

3

-MeOH (1:1). The solution was filtered and evaporated to give 19.9 g of extract. In a typical isolation, 100 mg of resin extract was separated by SiO

2

HPLC (41.1×300 mm, Dynamax column) eluted with 75 ml/min hexane/EtOAc (7:3), to give 20 mg of costatolide (retention time=8.5 min; [α]

D

=−19.7 (CHCl

3

, c 1.1); EIMS m/z 370, appropriate for C

22

H

26

O

5

;

1

H MNR, see Table 5 in Example 9 below), and 13 mg of soulattrolide (retention time=9.6 min; [α]

D

=−25.0 (CHCl

3

, c 0.9), EIMS m/z 404, appropriate for C

25

H

24

O

5

;

1

H NMR, see Table 5 in Example 9 below).

Example 9

This example illustrates the preparation of antiviral 7,8-dihydro compounds (

FIG. 6

) of series 2, specifically 7,8-dihydrocalanolide A, 7,8-dihydrocalanolide B, 7,8-dihydro-costatolide, and 7,8-dihydrosoulattrolide from the corresponding 7,8-unsaturated compounds of series 1. of these six compounds, only one structure (7,8-dihydrocostatolide; Stout, G. H., et al.,

J. Org. Chem.,

29, 3604-3609 (1964)) had been previously reported, however none of the six were known heretofore to have antiviral activity. The 7,8-dihydro compounds were made by catalytic hydrogenation of the selected appropriate 7,8-unsaturated precursors. In a typical procedure, 10 mg of calanolide A was stirred with 2.5 mg PtO

2

(Aldrich) in 4 ml MeOH under an atmosphere of H

2

(a balloon filled with H

2

was attached to the reaction vessel to provide a slightly positive pressure of H

2

) for 30 min. The mixture was filtered, and the solvent removed in vacuo to provide a light yellow oil which was purified by SiO

2

HPLC (21.1×300 mm, Dynamax column) eluted with 25 ml/min hexane/EtOAc (7:3) to give 9.0 mg of 7,8-dihydrocalanolide A (EIMS m/z 372, appropriate for C

22

H

28

O

5

;

1

H NR, see Table 5). In an exactly analogous fashion, 6 mg of calanolide B with 3 mg PtO

2

in 4 ml MeOH was converted to 3.6 mg of 7,8-dihydrocalanolide B (EIMS m/z 372, appropriate for C

22

H

28

O

5

;

1

H NMR, see Table 5); 100 mg of costatolide with 15 mg PtO

2

in 20 ml MeOH was converted to 89.9 mg 7,8-dihydrocostatolide (EIMS m/z 372, appropriate for C

22

H

28

O

5

;

1

H NMR, see Table 5); and 12 mg of soulattrolide with 3 mg Pto

2

in 4 ml MeOH was converted to 8.9 mg 7,8-dihydrosoulattrolide (EIMS m/z 406, appropriate for C

25

H

26

O

5

;

1

H NMR, see Table 5).

TABLE 5

500 MHz NMR Data for Costatolide, Soulattrolide, 7,8-dihydrocalanolide A,

7,8-dihydrocalanolide B, 7,8-dihydrocostatolide, and 7,8-dihydrosoulattrolide

Proton #

Costatolide

Soulattrolide

7,8-Dihydrocalanolide A

7,8-Dihydrocalanolide B

7,8-Dihydrocostatolide

7,8-Dihydrosoulattrolide

3

5.93 t

5.94 s

5.90 s

5.90 s

5.90 s

6.92 s

J=1.0Hz

7

5.51 d

6.34 d

1.75(2H) m

1.76(2H) t

1.76(2H) t

1.66(2H) t

J=10.0Hz

J=9.8Hz

J=6.8Hz

J=6.8Hz

J=6.8

8

6.61 d

6.61 d

2.61(2H) m

2.61(2H) m

2.61(2H) m

2.53(2H) m

J=10.0Hz

J=9.8Hz

10

4.24 dq

4.26 dq

3.89 dq

4.22 dq

4.22 dq

4.26 dq

J=10.5;

J=10.7; 6.4

J=8.8; 6.4Hz

J=10.7; 6.3Hz

J=10.7; 8.3Hz

J=10.7; 6.4Hz

6.5Hz

Hz

11

1.73 ddq

1.76 m

1.88 m

1.72 m

1.72 m

1.76 m

J=10.5;

3.3; 6.5Hz

12

4.95 d

5.02 d

4.71 d

4.97 d

4.97 d

5.04 d

J=3.3Hz

J=3.4Hz

J=7.8Hz

J=2.9Hz

J=2.9Hz

J=2.9

13

2.87 m

2.83 m; 2.90 m

2.84 m; 2.89 m

2.84 m; 2.89 m

14

1.63 sext

7.22(2H) m

1.60 m

1.60 sext

1.60 sext

7.19(2H) m

J=7.0Hz

J=7.3Hz

J=7.3Hz

15

1.01 t

7.35(3H) m

0.99 t

0.99 t

0.99 t

7.33(3H) m

J=7.5Hz

J=7.4

J=7.3

J=7.3

16

1.46 s

0.91 s

1.33 s

1.35 s

1.35 s

0.80 s

17

1.47 s

0.91 s

1.37 s

1.35 s

1.35 s

0.81 s

18

1.41 d

1.14 d

1.43 d

1.40 d

1.35 s

1.41 d

J=6.0

J=6.3Hz

J=6.4

J=5.9

J=5.9

J=6.4Hz

19

1.12 d

1.14 d

1.12 d

1.12 d

1.12 d

1.14 d

J=7.0Hz

J=6.8

J=6.8

J=7.3

J=7.3Hz

J=6.8Hz

Example 10

This example further illustrates the antiviral activities of the calanolides, related compounds, and derivatives thereof. More specifically,

FIG. 7

shows comparative anti-HIV profiles of calanolide A, calanolide B, costatolide, soulattrolide, and the four corresponding 7,8-dihydro reduction products. The profiles were obtained using the XTT anti-HIV-1 assay (described above in Example 4) on all eight compounds tested side-by-side in the same week. In this initial comparison, clearly all eight compounds had strong anti-HIV activity, indeed capable of completely protecting the CEM-SS target cells from the killing effects of HIV-1. However, there did appear to be some modest differences in antiviral potencies (e.g., EC

50's

) and/or direct cytotoxicities (e.g., IC

50's

) to the target cells.

More detailed, quantitative comparison of four of the above compounds was obtained by quadruplicate tests of each compound using two different anti-HIV assay methods, the XTT-based assay as well as the BCECF-based assay, both as described in Example 4 above. The results are summarized in Table 6. Overall, with this particular HIV-1 strain (RF) and host cell line (CEM-SS), calanolide A most consistently gave the highest antiviral potency (lowest EC

50

); 7,8-dihydrocalanolide A and costatolide were approximately equipotent and about ⅔ the potency of calanolide A; 7,8-dihydrocostatolide was about ⅓ as potent as calanolide A. The direct cytotoxicity of the compounds to the CEM-SS target cells was greatest (lowest IC

50

) for costatolide; however, it was somewhat less for 7,8-dihydrocostatolide, which in turn was more comparable to calanolide A and 7,8-dihydrocalanolide A. The in vitro “therapeutic index” (TI) was consistently greatest for calanolide A and 7,8-dihydrocalanolide A.

TABLE 6

Comparison of antiviral activities (EC

60's

) and cytotoxicities (IC

50's

) of calanolide A,

7-8-dihydro(DH)calanolide A, costatolide, and 7,8-dihydro(DH)costatolide from quadru-

plicate tests of each compound with XTT-based and BCECF-based anti-HIV-1 assays

EC

50

μM (±SD)

IC

50

μM (±SD)

TI (IC

50

/EC

50

)

Compound

XXT

BCECF

XTT

BCECF

XTT

BCECF

Calanolide A

0.13 (0.01)

0.16 (0.09)

14.3 (1.65)

14.3 (1.83)

110

89

DH-calanolide A

0.23 (0.03)

0.19 (0.07)

12.5 (1.12)

18.7 (1.95)

54

98

Costatolide

0.23 (0.04)

0.20 (0.07)

10.0 (0.41)

8.0 (0.97)

43

40

DH-costatolide

0.30 (0.01)

0.31 (0.06)

18.7 (1.33)

10.3 (3.06)

62

33

Quadruplicate tests of each of the above four compounds on HIV-1 reproductive indices (also assayed as described in Example 4 above) yielded the results set forth in Table 7, which are consistent with the results and conclusions from Table 6.

TABLE 7

Comparison of in vitro suppression of supernatant viral reproductive

indices (viral core protein [p24]; reverse transcriptase [RT], and

syncytium-forming units [SFU]) by calanolide A, 7,8-dihydrocalanolide

A. costatolide, and 7.8-dihydrocostatolide

EC

50

μM (±S.D.)

Compound

p24

RT

SFU

Calanolide A

0.07 (0.01)

0.07 (0.01)

0.08 (0.02)

DH-calanolide A

0.12 (0.02)

0.13 (0.03)

0.17 (0.03)

Costatolide

0.11 (0.03)

0.12 (0.04)

0.14 (0.07)

DH-costatolide

0.24 (0.04)

0.25 (0.30)

0.19 (0.11)

All references identified herein (including publications, patents, patent applications, and the like) are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.

While this invention has been described with emphasis upon preferred embodiments, it will be obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art that the preferred compounds, compositions, and methods may be varied. It is intended that the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein. Accordingly, this invention includes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

Claims

1. A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable crier and an antiviral effective amount of at least one compound, in substantially pure form, of the formula: wherein R1 is C1-C6 alkyl or aryl; R2 is OH, OH, OR3, OR3, O2CR3, O2CR3, O3SR3, or O3SR3, wherein R3 is C1-C6 alkyl or aryl; and R4 and R5 are the same or different and each is CH3 or CH3.
2. The composition of claim 1, which further comprises an antiviral effective amount of at least one additional antiviral compound other than a compound of claim 1.
3. The composition of claim 1, wherein R1 is C1-C6 alkyl.
4. The composition of claim 3, wherein R2 is OH or OH.
5. The composition of claim 1, wherein R1 is aryl.
6. The composition of claim 5, wherein R2 is OH or OH.
7. The composition of claim 1, further comprising at least one additional antiviral compound selected from the group consisting of 3′-azido-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine (AZT); 2′3′-dideoxyinosine (ddI); 2′3′-dideoxycytidine (ddC); 2′3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine (D4T); 9-(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl)guanine (gancyclovir); 3′-fluoro-2′,3-dideoxythymidine; 6,11-dihydro-11-cyclopropyl-4-methyldipyrido[2,3-b:2′,3′-e]-[1,4]diazepin-6-one (nevirapine); (+)-S,4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-9-chloro-5-methyl-6-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-imidazo[4,5,1-jk][1,4]-benzodiazepin-2(1H)-thione (R82913); Ro 31-8959; 9-(2-hydroxyethoxy-methyl)guanine (acyclovir); α-interferon; recombinant CD4; (3-[(benzoxazol-2-yl)ethyl]-5-ethyl-6-methylpyridin-2(1H)-one (L-696,229); 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-phenylthiothymine (HEPT); carbocyclic 2′,3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxyguanosine (carbovir); and [2′,5′-Bis-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-β-D-ribofuranosyl]-3′-spiro-5″-(4″-amino-1″,2″-oxathiole- 2′,2′-dioxide)thymine (TSAO-T).
8. The composition of claim 7, wherein the at least one additional antiviral compound is selected from the group consisting of 3′-azido-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine (AZT); 2′3′-dideoxyinosine (ddI); 2′3′-dideoxycytidine (ddc); 2′3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine (D4T); and 6,11-dihydro-11-cyclopropyl-4-methyldipyrido[2,3-b:2′,3′-e]-[1,4]diazepin-6-one (nevirapine).
9. The composition of claim 1, the form of a tablet, a capsule, or a sachet.
10. The composition of claim 1, comprising one or more excipients selected from the group consisting of lactose, mannitol, a starch, a cellulose, acacia, gelatin, silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, talc, magnesium stearate, and stearic acid.
11. The composition of claim 9, comprising one or more colorants, diluents, buffering agents, moistening agents, preservatives or flavoring agents.
12. The composition of claim 1, in the form of a sterile, injectable solution.
13. The composition of claim 12, comprising one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, buffers, and bacteriostats.
14. The composition of claim 12, wherein the solution is isotonic with blood.
15. The composition of claim 1, in the form of a sterile suspension.
16. The composition of claim 15, comprising one or ingredients selected from the group consisting of suspending agents, solubilizers, thickening agents, stabilizers, and preservatives.
17. The composition of claim 1, in the form of a sterile powder.
18. The composition of claim 1, in the form of sterile granules.
19. The composition of claim 1, comprising an antiviral effective of a compound of SERIES I, wherein R1 is n-propyl, R2 is OH, R4 is CH3, and R5 is CH3.
20. The composition of claim 19, further comprising at least one additional antiviral compound selected from the group consisting of 3′-azido-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine (AZT); 2′3′-dideoxyinosine (ddI); 2′3′-dideoxycytidine (ddC); 2′3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine (D4T); 9-(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl)guanine (gancyclovir); 3′-fluoro-2′,3-dideoxythymidine; 6,11-dihydro-11-cyclopropyl-4-methyldipyrido[2,3-b:2′,3′-e]-[1,4]diazepin-6-one (nevirapine); (+)-S,4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-9-chloro-5-methyl-6-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-imidazo[4,5,1-jk][1,4]-benzodiazepin-2(1H-thione (R82913); Ro 31-8959; 9-(2-hydroxyethoxy-methyl)guanine (acyclovir); α-interferon recombinant CD4; (3-[(benzoxazol-2-yl)ethyl]-5-ethyl-6-methylpyridin-2(1H)-one (L-696,229); 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-phenylthiothymine (HEPT); carbocyclic 2′,3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxyguanosine (carbovir); and [2′,5′-Bis-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-β-D-ribofuranosyl]-3′-spiro-5″-(4″-amino-1″,2″-oxathiole-2″,2″-dioxide)thymine (TSAO.T).
21. The composition of claim 20, wherein the at least one additional antiviral compound is selected from the group consisting of 3′-azido-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine (AZT); 2′3′-dideoxyinosine (AZT); 2′3′-dideoxycytidine (ddI); 2′3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine (D4T); and 6,11-dihydro-11-cyclopropyl-4-methyldipyrido[2,3-b :2′,3′e]-[1,4]diazepin-6-one (nevirapine).
22. The composition of claim 19, in the form of a tablet, a capsule, or a sachet.
23. The composition of claim 22, comprising one or more excipients selected from the group consisting of lactose, mannitol, a starch, a cellulose, acacia, gelatin, silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, talc, magnesium stearate, and stearic acid.
24. The composition of claim 22, comprising one or more colorants, diluents, buffering agents, moistening agents, preservatives or flavoring agents.
25. The composition of claim 19, form of a sterile, injectable solution.
26. The composition of claim 25, comprising one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of anti-oxidants, buffers, and bacteriostats.
27. The composition of claim 25, the solution is isotonic with blood.
28. The composition of claim 19, in the form of a sterile suspension.
29. The composition of claim 28, comprising one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of suspending agents, solubilizers, thickening agents, stabilizers, and preservatives.
30. The composition of claim 19, in the form of a sterile powder.
31. The composition of claim 19, in the form of sterile granules.
32. The composition of claim 1, wherein the compound is obtained by extraction from the latex of Calophyllum teysmanni var. inophylloide.

Parent Case Info

This patent application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/083,249 filed on May 20, 1998, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/653,006 filed on May 24, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,859,049, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/065,618 filed on May 21, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,591,770, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application No. 07/861,249 filed on Mar. 31, 1992, now abandoned.

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	Number	Date	Country
Parent	09/083249	May 1998	US
Child	09/887375		US
Parent	08/653006	May 1996	US
Child	09/083249		US
Parent	08/065618	May 1993	US
Child	08/653006		US

Continuation in Parts (1)

	Number	Date	Country
Parent	07/861249	Mar 1992	US
Child	08/065618		US

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