Abstract: Disclosed are an amphipathic compound having a penta-saccharide hydrophilic group, a method of preparing the same, and a method of extracting, solubilizing, stabilizing, crystallizing or analyzing membrane proteins and membrane protein complexes using the same. In particular, since the compound has a high-density penta-saccharide hydrophilic group composed of five glucose units, the compound may have an excellent effect on crystallization of membrane proteins. In addition, since the hydrophilic group used in the amphipathic compound has a novel structure, the hydrophilic group may be applied to the development of various amphipathic molecules.