Patent ID: 7230096

Claim:
A compound having the general formula (I): wherein the configuration of the pyranose ring is D-galacto; X is selected from the group consisting of O, S, NH, CH 2 , and NR 4 , or is a bond; Y is selected from the group consisting of NH, CH 2 , and NR 4 , or is a bond; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of: a saccharide, hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, and an aryl group; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of CO, SO 2 , SO, PO, and PO 2 ; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of; a) an alkyl group of at least 4 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of at least 4 carbon atoms, an alkyl or alkenyl group of at least 4 carbon atoms substituted with a carboxy group, an alkyl group of at least 4 carbon atoms substituted with both a carboxy group and an amino group, and an alkyl group of at least 4 carbon atoms substituted with a halogen; b) a phenyl group, a phenyl group substituted with a carboxy group, a phenyl group substituted with at least one halogen, a phenyl group substituted with an alkoxy group, a phenyl group substituted with at least one halogen and at least one carboxy group, a phenyl group substituted with at least one halogen and at least one alkoxy group, a phenyl group substituted with a nitro group, a phenyl group substituted with a sulfo group, a phenyl group substituted with an amine group, a phenyl group substituted with a hydroxy group, a phenyl group substituted with a carbonyl group and a phenyl group substituted with a substituted carbonyl group; and c) a phenyl amino group; and R 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, and an aryl group.