Glycomimetic binders for l-sign

A compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof,

• where R is selected from the group consisting of:
• C1-C6 alkyls, C3-C6 cycloalkyls, C6-C10 aryls, —R2Cl,
• —R3NH2, —R4NHC(O) R′, —R5SR″, —R6OR″, and
• where:
• p is an integer between 0 and 3;
• q is an integer between 1 and 3;
• R2, R3, R4, R5 are divalent radicals selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 alkylenes and C3-C6 cycloalkylenes;
• and
• R′, R″ are selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 alkyls, C3-C6 cycloalkyls, C6-C10 aryls, R″′ is selected from the group consisting of —OH and halogens,
• and where R1 has formula (II):
• where:
• X is selected from the group consisting of CH2, O, NH and S;
• Y is selected from the group consisting of O, NH and S;
• n is an integer between 0 and 3;
• m is an integer between 0 and 3;
• W is a heterocyclic substituent W1 selected from the group consisting of:
• or it is a substituent W2 having general formula
• where:
• X1 is selected from the group consisting of H and C1-C6 alkyls;
• X2 is selected from the group consisting of H, OCH3, OH, NH2, CH3, CF3, SH, SR, halogen, where R is as defined above;
• n1 is an integer selected between 1 and 2;
• Z is selected from the group consisting of S and NRa, in which Ra and Rb are independently selected from the group consisting of H, COR7, COOR8, CONHR9, where R7, R8 and R9 are H, C1-C6 alkyls, C3-C6 cycloalkyls, or C6-C10 aryls;
• or compound of formula (IA) or a salt thereof,
• A-(B)-C-(B)-A (IA)
• in which:
• where R′, p and q are as defined above.