Alkyl glucosides constitute a new and interesting class of surfactants, as they are biodegradable, nontoxic, and synthesized from renewable resources. These properties make them substitutes for other surfactants which are potentially damaging to the environment. The present work deals with the synthesis and characterization of two series of alkyl glucosides, which used C10, C16 and C18 alcohols as the hydrophobic part and glucose and glucose residues derived from degradation of amylose (which was essentially free from amilopectin) as hydrophilics parts. The alkyl glucosides synthesis was performed by the usual Köenigs-Knorr reaction with some modifications. The molecular structures of the surfactants were characterized by 1H, 13C nuclear ma...