The invention discloses an extremely-acidic
carbazole pH fluorescent probe and a preparing method and application thereof. The fluorescent probe is 3-(9-butyl
carbazole-3-cyanovinyl)
pyridine. The preparing method includes the steps that
carbazole and bromobutane are dissolved in a DMSO / KOH
mixed solution, stirring and heating are carried out, and 9-butyl carbazole is generated; DMF serves as a
solvent, POCl3 and the 9-butyl carbazole are reacted, and 3-formyl-9-butyl carbazole is obtained; then the obtained 3-formyl-9-butyl carbazole and 3-pyridyl
acetonitrile are mixed in methyl
alcohol,
potassium tert-butoxide is added, the mixture is drawn, filtered and dried, a yellow
solid product is obtained, and the extremely-acidic carbazole pH fluorescent probe can be obtained. The probe has the advantages that the low pKa value is achieved, the high sensitivity, the
high selectivity and the good stability for H+ are shown, the detection process is easy, convenient and rapid, and the detection result is accurate. In addition, according to the
laser confocal scanning microscopical technology, the novel fluorescent probe can be used for detecting biological sample pH change at the extremely-acidic environment.