The present invention relates to the phosphohistidine analogs of the present invention which of the formula (I) and the hapten containing the residue of same. It also relates to the hapten conjugated to a carrier molecule and the isolated antibodies raised against the immunogens, said antibodies recognizing polypeptide containing a phosphorylated histidine or the phosphotriazole residue but it does not recognize an amino acid or polypeptide that is not phosphorylated or a polypeptide which is phosphorylated on amino acids other than histidine but not on histidine.