The invention discloses an asymmetric near-
infrared cyanine dye and a preparing method and application thereof. The
structural formula of the asymmetric near-
infrared cyanine dye is shown as the formula I. The preparing method of the asymmetric near-
infrared cyanine dye includes the following steps that 1, a compound shown as the formula II and a compound shown as the formula III are subjected to a
condensation reaction to obtain a compound shown as the formula V; 2, the compound shown as the formula V and a compound shown as the formula IV are subjected to a
condensation reaction to obtain the asymmetric near-infrared cyanine dye shown as the formula I. According to the asymmetric near-infrared cyanine dye, the
conjugated system is large, high near-infrared absorption is achieved, the
fluorescence quantum yield is low, the probability of nonradiative
jumping is large, and therefore good photo-thermal conversion efficiency is achieved; the asymmetric near-infrared cyanine dye is further wrapped with BSA with good
biocompatibility, the water
solubility of the dye is improved, the
retention time in the body is prolonged, and the asymmetric near-infrared cyanine dye can serve as a photo-thermal therapeutic agent for photo-
thermal treatment and has the very important effect in the tumor treating aspect.