Abstract
Nevirapine (11-cyclopropyl-5,1
1-dihydro-4-methyl-6H-dipyrido3,2-b:2',3'e1,4diazepin-6-one) is
an antiretroviral drug belonging to the class of the non-nucleoside
inhibitors of the HIV-1 virus reverse transcriptase. As most of this
kind of antiretroviral drugs, nevirapine displays a butterfly-like
conformation which is preserved in complexes with the HIV-1 reverse
transcriptase. In this work, we present a detailed vibrational
spectroscopy investigation of nevirapine by using mid-infrared,
near-infrared, and Raman spectroscopies. These data are supported by
quantum mechanical calculations, which allow us to characterize
completely the vibrational spectra of this compound. Based on these
results, we discuss the correlation between the vibrational modes and
the crystalline structure of the most stable form of nevirapine. (c)
2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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