The invention concerns a ligand comprising (I) wherein n is an integer from 1
to 5 Y is CO2H or PO3H2T represents —X or -phenyl-X, wherein X represents
NO2, NH2, NCS, NHCOCH2-Z, NHCO—W—COCNHS, —NH-Q, —NHCS-Q,
—NHCOCH2-Q, or NHCO(CH2)m-Q where Q is a hapten chosen from the group consisting
of steroids, enzymes, proteins, monoclonal antibodies, chimeric antibodies, or
fragments thereof or any activated linker ready for coupling reaction, W is —(CH2)m-
m is an integer from 1 to 10 Z is chloride, bromide or iodine
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