The molecular weight and the emission
wavelength of the dye are balanced through a reasonable strategy, a series of compact organic
small molecule dyes with the emission
wavelength from a visible light window to a second near-
infrared window are obtained, the universality is good, and the good
blood brain barrier crossing capacity is achieved. According to the invention, a low-molecular-weight flexible
conjugated polyene chain is creatively selected as a pi
electron bridge, so that the extension of a pi
conjugated system can be effectively realized, the small molecular weight of the dye can be maintained, and moreover, the
conjugated polyene chain is used for prolonging a pi-conjugated structure to enhance an ICT effect, so that the dye has a good application prospect. The
red shift of the emission
wavelength can be realized while the molecular weight is kept small. Therefore, on the basis of the p-hydroxybenzylidene-imidazolinone
chromophore, an ICT effect is synergistically enhanced through an integrated molecular
design strategy, a series of small-molecular-weight fluorescent dyes with a D-pi-A1 or D-pi-A1-pi-A2 structure are constructed, the maximum wavelength can reach 1200 nm or above, the blood-brain
barrier permeability of the dye as a probe is ensured, and the fluorescent dye can be used for detecting the blood-brain
barrier permeability of the probe. The method can be applied to in-vivo in-situ brain imaging.