Patent ID: 8053460

Claim:
A compound of Formula (I), A 1 is equal to A, wherein R, R′ and R 1 are the same for both indole rings; X is a saturated or unsaturated (alkenylene or alkynylene), linear or branched (C 3 -C 10 ) alkylene; Q=COCONR 2 R 3 , or COCF 3 , or where, G is either H or a glycosyl; R 2 , R 3 are the same or different and are either H or a (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H, (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, (C 6 -C 12 ) aryl, (C 6 -C 12 ) aryl-(C 1 -C 4 ) alkylene, (C 1 -C 4 ) alkanoyl and (C 1 -C 4 )-alkyl-(C 6 -C 10 )-arylene; R and R′, the same or different, are selected from the group consisting of: H saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched (C 1 -C 10 ) alkyl, optionally substituted with a (C 3 -C 10 ) heteroaryl or (C 3 -C 10 ) heterocyclyl-(C 1 -C 4 ) alkylene, where the heterocycle contains at least one heteroatom selected from N, O or S, or with a group —NR 5 R 6 , where R 5 , R 6 are the same or different and are H, linear or branched (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, or (C 1 -C 4 )-alkanoyl OR 4 where R 4 ═H, (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, mesyl, tosyl, (C 1 -C 4 ) alkanoyl, or glycosyl halogen, azide, nitro, nitrile and NR 5 R 6 .