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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2006
Christopher Robin Lowe, Cambridge, GB;
Felicity Kate Sartain, Cambridge, GB;
Xiaoping Yang, Cambridge, GB;
Christopher Robin Lowe, Cambridge, GB;
Felicity Kate Sartain, Cambridge, GB;
Xiaoping Yang, Cambridge, GB;
Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
The present invention pertains to compounds and polymers which incorporate a boronic acid sensor group (SG) of the formula (I): wherein: J is independently —CH— or —CHCH—; n is independently 0, 1, 2, or 3; and each R, if present, is independently a ring substituent; and wherein the ring attachment (i.e., where sensor group is attached) is via the 3-, 4-, 5-, or 6-ring position. Such compounds and polymers are useful in the selective chemical detection and/or quantitation of alpha-hydroxy carboxylic acids, such as lactic acid/lactate and malic acid/malate. The present invention also pertains to methods of preparing such compounds and polymers; methods and assays which employ these compounds and polymers; devices (e.g., holographic sensors) and kits for use in such methods and assays, etc.