The application belongs to the technical field of small-molecule
fluorescent materials, and particularly relates to an
imine small molecule and application of the
imine small molecule as a fluorescent probe in detection of heavy
metal ions and A
beta peptide. 2+ In order to mine a multifunctional fluorescent material with a simple synthesis method, high sensitivity and a low
detection limit, the application provides an
imine small-molecule compound. 2+ The
small molecule has high sensitivity and selectivity to Zn 2+ , Cu 2+ and Fe 2+ , wherein the small molecule shows a
fluorescence 'off' effect to Cu 2+ and Fe 2+ , and shows a
fluorescence 'on' effect to Zn 2+ . In addition, the small molecule can selectively combine with A
beta peptide to produce a
fluorescence 'on' effect, and the fluorescence is continuously enhanced with
protein aggregation, so that different aggregation states of
amyloid A beta can be distinguished. Therefore, the small molecule as the fluorescent probe can be used for simultaneously detecting Zn 2+ , Cu 2+ 0> , Fe 2+ 1> and
amyloid beta aggregates, and has a wide application prospect.