| abstract |
Water insoluble iodinated esters of formula (I), (see fig. I) in which R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 aliphatic, C7-20 araliphatic or C6-20 aryl group or a C1-20 heterocyclic group having one or more hetero atoms selected from O, S and N; R2 is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 aliphatic, C6-10 aryl or C7-20 araliphatic group; and R3 is a group as defined above for R1, which may be the same as or different from R1, or R2 and R3 together represent a substituted or unsubstituted C1-4 alkylene group, the molecule containing at least one iodine atom and being metabolisable to products which are soluble in body fluids and are physiologically acceptable. The esters are useful in X-ray and ultrasound imaging, especially liver and spleen imaging. |