The present invention relates to the technical fields of fluorescent dye synthesis,
fluorescence imaging, and bio-sensing. Disclosed are an
amide cyanine dye, an efficient synthesis method therefor, and a use thereof in
fluorescence imaging. Compared with traditional
cyanine dye
synthesis methods, the
amide cyanine dye synthesis method of the present invention is simple and has few by-products, short reaction time, high yield, a stable structure, and high universal applicability. By increasing the length of a conjugated chain, the absorption and emission wavelengths of the
amide cyanine dye can be expanded from a short-wave near-
infrared region to a near-
infrared-II band. Experiments have proven that the amide cyanine dye has good photophysical properties and the potential for biofluorescence imaging, and can be used in biometric imaging, super-resolution
fluorescence imaging of cellular mitochondria,
protein labeling, specific recognition of antibodies,
nucleic acid labeling,
DNA sequencing, tumor
photodynamic therapy, etc. On the basis of the advantages, the amide cyanine dye of the present invention has good prospects for application in the field of biofluorescence imaging research.