Azole nucleosides represented by the formulae (I) and (II); wherein A=C or N B═C or N X═H; C1-C6
alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl,
aryl, heterocyclo,
halogen such as F, Cl, Br and I; OH, NH2, NH—(C1-C6
alkyl, cycloalkyl,
aryl or heterocyclo); Z═H; C1-C6
alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkynyl,
aryl, heterocyclo,
halogen such as F, Cl, Br, I; OH NH2, NH—(C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heterocyclo; E=(CH2)HONHR; n is an interger from 0-6 and more typically 0-3; R1= aryl or heterocyclo; each of W, Y, R is individually selected from the group consisting of H; C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heterocyclo,
halogen such as F, Cl, Br, and I; O, OH, Oalkyl, Oaryl, NH2, NH(C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heterocyclo); provided that at least one of W, Y, and R is other than H and wherein both W and Y together can be ═O; and each D individually is OH, Oalkyl, Oaryl, FL and H; pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, prodrugs thereof and mixtures thereof are provided. Compounds of this disclosure are useful as inhibitors of
viral RNA and
DNA polymerases such as, but not limited to, Influenza,
hantaan Virus, Crimean Congo
hemorrhagic fever virus,
hepatitis B,
hepatitis C, Polio, Coxsackie A and B, Rhino, Echo, orthopoxvirus (small pox), HIV, Ebola, and
West Nile virus polymerases; and especially orthopoxvirus, HIV, and
hepatitis B.