Departamento de Química Orgánica y Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, UNED, 28040- Madrid, Spain
a Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, CSIC, Arturo Duperier 4, 28029- Madrid, Spain
Abstract:
A novel series of extrinsic probes for intracellular pH (pHi) determination by 1H NMR is described. Imidazol-1-ylacetate, malonate, 3-glutarate and 2-succinate esters were synthesized by reaction of imidazole either with -bromoesters or with ,β-unsaturated esters. The corresponding acids were prepared by hydrolysis.