Patent ID: 6911433

Claim:
A compound having the formula: wherein X is selected from the group consisting of a polyamino, a C 1 -C 24 aliphatic, a C 6 -C 30 non-aromatic cyclic, acridinyl, anthracenyl, benzyl benzofuranyl, benzothiophenyl, benzoxazolyl, benzopyrazolyl, benzothiazolyl, carbazolyl, chlorophyllyl, cinnolinyl, furanyl, imidazolyl, indolyl, isobenzofuranyl, isoindolyl, isoxazolyl, isothiazolyl, isoguinolinyl, naphthalenyl, oxazolyl, phenyl, phenanthrenyl, phenanthridinyl, phenothiazinyl, phenoxazinyl, phthalimidyl, phthalazinyl, phthalocyaninyl, porphinyl, pteridinyl, purinyl, pyrazinyl, pyrazolyl, pyridazinyl, pyridinyl, pyimidinyl, pyrrocolinyl, pyrrolyl, quinolinyl, quinoxalinyl, quinazolinyl, sydnonyl, tetrazolyl, thiazolyl, thiophenyl, thyroxinyl, triazinyl, triazolyl, and R 19 R 20 N—, wherein R 19 and R 20 are the same or different and are hydrogen, a C 1-12 straight chain alkyl, C 3-12 branched chain alkyl, or a C 2-12 straight or C 3-12 branched chain alkenyl, wherein R 19 and R 20 are optionally substituted with an alkoxy, an acyloxy, an acylthio, hydroxy, halo or a benzyl group, or R 19 and R 20 , together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form a heterocyclic ring selected from the group consisting of: wherein A is N, O, or S, w is 1-12, y is 1 or 2, z is 1-5, R 8 is hydrogen, a C 1-8 straight chain alkyl, a C 3-8 branched chain alkyl, a C 3-8 cycloalkyl, an aryl, or carboxylato, and R 9 is hydrogen, a C 1-6 straight chain alkyl or a C 3-6 branched chain alkyl, and R is a saceharide, which is attached to the O 2 of the compound by the anomeric carbon of a pyranose ring or a furanose ring, with the proviso that, when X is a saccharide, it is not attached to N 1 of the compound by the anomeric carbon of a pyranose or a furanose ring.