Glycolipids modulation

The key-step of the synthesis of glycolipids, and more generally of amphiphilic carbohydrates, is the covalent coupling of a hydrophilic carbohydrate with a lipophilic compound. A hydrophilic or hydrophobic spacer may be inserted between them in order to control the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB). This modulation allows to obtain variously organized systems with the same polar head and apolar tail. 

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