Phospholipid derivative

1 2 1 2 3 4 567 A phospholipid derivative, utilizable for modification of liposomes and the like, which is a copolymer containing, as essential component units, a component unit A represented by the formula (1), a component unit B represented by the formula (2A) and/or the formula (2B), and a component unit C represented by the formula (3) [Rand Rrepresent hydrogen atom or methyl group, provided that Rand Rdo not simultaneously represent methyl group; Rrepresents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; AO represents an oxyalkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; m represents an average molar number of the added oxyalkylene groups and is a number in the range represented as 4≦m≦100; Rrepresents hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; RCO and RCO represent an acyl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms; Rrepresents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; and X and Y represent hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or an organic ammonium] wherein a molar ratio of the component unit A relative to a total of the component unit B and the component unit C is from 7/3 to 3/7, and the component unit C is contained at a ratio of from 1 to 4 moles per 1 mole of the copolymer.