Patent ID: 8173673

Claim:
An anti-infective as well as biofilm-inhibiting compound of the general formula 3 wherein each of R 1 , and R 3 to R 6 and R 8 to R 12 independently is H; also R 1 to R 6 and R 8 to R 12 independently is a non-substituted, monosubstituted or polysubstituted C 1 -C 18 -alkyl; alkenyl; a non-substituted, monosubstituted or polysubstituted aryl or heteroaryl residue; a non-substituted, monosubstituted or polysubstituted benzyl group; an acyl group; an alkoxy substituent; an alkyl group bound through a sulfur atom; or a nitrogen substituent; R 7 independently can be H; a non-substituted, monosubstituted or polysubstituted C 1 -C 18 -alkyl, wherein the alkyl can be straight, branched or cyclic; a monosubstituted or polysubstituted, straight, branched or cyclic C 1 -C 18 -alkenyl; or an acyl group; and R 8 to R 12 can be bonded in a manner that thereby a non-substituted, monosubstituted or polysubstituted ring and dimers of formula 3 is generated, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate of this compound.