Patent ID: 6974804

Claim:
An acylated cellobiose satisfying the general formula: in which X represents an R—CO— group in 6 locations and an acyl group R—CO— or H in a seventh location, Z represents an acyl group R′—CO—, R represents a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched chain hydrocarbon residue containing from 7 to 11 carbon atoms, and R′ represents a residue which is different from R and which is: (i) a saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted, linear or branched chain hydrocarbon residue containing from 1 to 31 carbon atoms, where the chain length of R′ differs from that of R by at least two carbon atoms or (ii) an aromatic hydrocarbon residue, optionally substituted or (iii) a cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon, optionally substituted.