Citation: Linfang ZHANG, Wenzhu YIN, Gui YIN. A 2-dicyanomethylene-3-cyano-4,5,5-trimethyl-2,5-dihydrofuran-based near-infrared fluorescence probe for the detection of hydrogen sulfide and imaging of living cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2025, 41(3): 540-548. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20240405 shu

A 2-dicyanomethylene-3-cyano-4,5,5-trimethyl-2,5-dihydrofuran-based near-infrared fluorescence probe for the detection of hydrogen sulfide and imaging of living cells

Linfang ZHANG ¹ ,
Wenzhu YIN ² ,
Gui YIN ^{1, 3,,}

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yili Normal University, Yining, Xinjiang 835000, China
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Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

Corresponding author: Gui YIN, yingui@nju.edu.cn
Received Date: 12 November 2024
Revised Date: 16 December 2024

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Using 2-dicyanomethylene-3-cyano-4, 5, 5-trimethyl-2, 5-dihydrofuran (TCF) as a near-infrared fluorescent chromophore, we designed and synthesized a TCF-based fluorescent probe TCF-NS by introducing 2, 4-dinitrophenyl ether as the recognized site for H₂S. The probe TCF-NS displayed a rapid-response fluorescent against H₂S with high sensitivity and selection but had no significant fluorescence response to other biothiols. Furthermore, TCF-NS was applied to sense H₂S in living cells successfully with minimized cytotoxicity and a large Stokes shift.
- hydrogen sulfide,
- near-infrared fluorescence probe,
- cell imaging
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