Aminothiazole-based inhibitors designed for HCV polymerase display low micromolar potencies in biochemical assays. These compounds show a stringent preference for a cyclohexyl hydrophobe at the 2-amino position. The composition of these compounds suggests that they may be interacting at a recently discovered allosteric site on the polymerase.
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