SARS-CoV-2-IN-23 is a two-armed diphosphate ester and medium length molecular tweezers. SARS-CoV-2-IN-23 exhibits antiviral activity with IC 50 s of 8.2 μM and 2.6 μM against SARS-CoV-2 activity and the spike pseudoparticle transduction, respectively. SARS-CoV-2-IN-23 induces liposomal membrane disruption with an EC 50 value of 4.4 μM.