Patent ID: 7470671

Claim:
Thioxylose compounds, wherein the compounds are selected from: a) the compounds of the formula in which: the pentapyranosyl group is a 5-thio-β-D-xylopyranosyl group or a 5-thio-β-L-xylopyranosyl group, R is a hydrogen atom, a C 2 -C 6 acyl group, an acetyl group substituted by a nitrogen heterocycle, or a group —COOR′, R 1 and R 2 independently of one another are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano, nitro or trifluoromethyl group, a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group optionally substituted by an aromatic ring, a group —COOR′, a group —CH 2 —NR′R″, a C 1 -C 4 alkoxy group, a group —NH—CO—R′ or a group —NH—SO 2 —R′, and R′ and R″ independently are each a C 1 -C 4 alkyl group; and b) their addition salts, oxides or quaternary ammonium salts.