Patent ID: 8263754

Claim:
An amphiphilic compound of Formula I: wherein each R is independently C 1 -C 16 straight or branched alkyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkenyl, phenyl, biphenyl, or C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkenyl, phenyl, biphenyl substituted with one, two, or three C 1 -C 6 straight or branched alkyl groups; or the two R groups together with the carbon to which they are attached form a C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, a C 3 -C 8 cycloalkenyl, or an adamantyl ring; R 1 is C 1 -C 16 straight or branched alkyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkenyl, phenyl, biphenyl, halophenyl, p-tolyl, adamantyl or C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkenyl, phenyl, biphenyl, halophenyl, p-tolyl, adamantyl substituted with one, two, or three C 1 -C 6 straight or branched alkyl groups; or R, R, and R 1 together with the carbon to which they are attached form an adamantyl ring, optionally substituted with one, two, or three C 1 -C 6 straight or branched alkyl groups; X is CH 2 or a direct bond; R 2 is H, an O-linked C 6 glycosyl residue, or an O-linked oligosaccharide comprising two or more glycosyl residues; R 3 is an O-linked C 6 glycosyl residue, or an O-linked oligosaccharide comprising two or more glycosyl residues, or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl-(N,N-dimethyl)N-oxide; and R 4 is an O-linked C 6 glycosyl residue, an O-linked oligosaccharide comprising two or more glycosyl residues, or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl-(N,N-dimethyl)N-oxide.