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In search of potential 2',3'-dideoxyguanosine (ddG) and 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxyguanosine (D4G) prodrugs, a series of 6-modified ddG, D4G analogs were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-HIV activities and cytotoxities in cell-based assays. All analogs showed low cytotoxicities and some of them displayed benign anti-HIV activities. The active triphosphate forms in vivo, ddGTP and D4TTP, were also synthesized by a novel and facile "one-pot" method. The recognition of ddGTP and D4TTP by Taq, Therminater DNA polymerase and HIV reverse transcriptase (RT) incorporated in DNA/RNA strands were investigated by a non-radioactivity method and K m were determined.