Patent ID: 6963010

Claim:
A polyamine analog or derivative represented by formula II: wherein a, b, and c independently range from 1 to 10; d and e independently range from 0 to 30; each X is independently either a carbon (C) or sulfur (S) atom, and R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from H or from the group of a straight or branched C1-50 saturated or unsaturated aliphatic, carboxyalkyl, carbalkoxyalkyl, or alkoxy; a C1-8 alicyclic; a single or multiring aryl substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic; an aliphatic-substituted or unsubstituted single or multiring aromatic; a single or multiring heterocyclic; a single or multiring heterocyclic aliphatic; a C1-10 alkyl; an aryl sulfonyl; or cyano; or each of R 1 X{O} n — and R 2 X{O} n — are independently replaced by H; wherein * denotes a chiral carbon position; and wherein if X is C, then n is 1; if X is S, then n is 2; and if X is C, then the XO group may be CH 2 such that n is 0.