| abstract |
The present invention relates to the inhibition of HIV integrase, and to the treatment of AIDS or ARC by administering compounds of the formula (I), or a tautomer of said compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug of said compound or of a tautomer thereof, wherein R1 is phenyl, wherein said phenyl is substituted from 1-3 times with R2, or R1 naphthyl, and wherein said naphthyl is optionally substituted from 1-3 times with R2; each R2 is independently selected from halo, C1-C3 alkyl, C1-C2 alkoxy, C1-C3 haloalkyl, and phenyl-(CH2)mOn-; m is 0 or 1; n is 0 or 1; and Z is methylene or -C(O)-, provided that when Z is -C(O)- said substituted phenyl is not ortho-chloro phenyl. |