Patent ID: 6399663
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A61K,C07C,C07F,C12N,Y10S

Abstract:
A compound according to the formula: and salts thereof where:X is N; x is an integer ranging from 1 to about 10; ni, where i=1 to x, are independently of one another, integers that have values ranging from 1 to about 6; r is 1 or 0 and N is positively charged when r is 1; RA and RB, independently of one another, are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl, a hydroxyalkyl and a thiol-substituted alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and A1 and A2, independently of other A1 and A2 groups, are selected from the group consisting of straight-chain or branched alkyl groups substituted with one or two OH, SH, NH2 or amine groups within about 3 carbon atoms of the bond between A1 or A2 and N.