We have tuned the labile proton chemical shifts from 2.8–5.0 ppm from water while exchange rates varied from ~680 to 2340 s−1 at pH 7.2, which allows strong CEST contrast on scanners down to B0 = 3 T. One acyl hydrazide, adipic acid dihydrazide (ADH), was tested on a mouse model of breast cancer and showed nice contrast in the tumor region. This evidence concerns the gene AVP and breast cancer.