Glycosyl diacylglycerols are excellent lipids for the formation of both bi-and monolayer lamellar systems but they are generally not commercially available, and the synthesis of optically pure glycosyl diacylglycerols inevitably involves protection and deprotection of glycerol linkers. A novel glycolipid designed to be an easily accessible structural surrogate of monoglucosyl diacylglycerol (MGDG) has been synthesized. In this molecule, glycerol ...
