Four glycosyl ceramides analogues having d-galactose or 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucose moieties linked to enantiomeric lipids have been synthesised to study their interfacial behaviour at the air∣ water interface. The lipid chains were prepared in two steps by opening 1, 2-epoxyhexadecane using Jacobsen kinetic hydrolytic resolution (KHR) followed by an azidosilylation reaction of the diol so obtained. Glycosylation reactions were ...