Chem 335 - Winter 2000
Organic Chemistry II

Dr. Carl C. Wamser


Molecule of the Week #4

Relenza or Zanamivir

I have tried and tried and tried and the only thing I could find was
Zanamivir ( it says it is the sialic acid analog GG167 ). It said that ZMR is
an anti-flu drug. I could only find one structure after looking for it for
over an hour. It had a structure that looked just like this one, it was in
3-D. However, they didn't attach any hydrogens on the oxygens, showed no
double bond and no Hs on the N. It was the correct structure and formula
though, C12H20N4O7.

Hope I got it right this time. If not let me know and I'll keep looking.

Nicole A. Hannah

GlaxoWellcome Products