Three sulfhydryl-reactive fluorescent probes, which contain 2-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-phenol and maleimide group, were synthesized and their structures were characterized by IR and 1H NMR. Their photo-physical properties and the specificity to sulfhydryl group in the 2-mercapto-ethanol as well as the L-cysteine adducts were indicated by fluorescence intensity. Preliminary tests revealed that the probes could react selectively with the cysteine molecules, suggesting that these probes might be generally useful in biomedical researches.
合成了8个具有不同结构的羟基苯基苯并咪唑类荧光化合物,通过1 H NMR,IR对其进行了结构表征,并研究了它们在甲醇溶液中的光谱性质及取代基对光谱性质的影响。该类化合物的荧光量子产率在0.006～0.75之间,Stokes位移大(>117nm)。实验结果表明,化合物上所连取代基的性质对其光谱有显著影响,具有推电子基团的羟基苯基苯并咪唑类化合物在光激发下出现荧光双发射峰,而具有吸电子基团的化合物在光激发下仅出现激发态质子转移荧光发射峰,表现出Stokes位移大和荧光量子产率高的优点。
