基于分子内电荷转移的多枝状荧光探针光学性质与响应机理分析

本文采用含时密度泛函理论研究了用于检测生物硫醇的荧光探针分子的光学性质.通过计算探针分子Mol.1、Mol.2和Mol.3与半胱氨酸和同型半胱氨酸反应前后的单光子吸收和发射性质,研究了碳碳三键和苯环结构对荧光探针性质的影响.随着给电子体三苯胺结构的逐渐完善和碳碳三键的加入,探针分子的振子强度逐渐增大,展现出了更好的荧光探针性质.同时,研究了不同侧枝数目对探针分子性质的影响,结果表明,相较于单枝分子Z1和三枝分子Mol.3,两个侧枝的探针分子Z2振子强度更大,检测效果更佳.增加了碳碳三键和苯环后的单枝新型探针分子Mol.4,相较于具有三枝结构的探针分子Mol.3,具有良好的探针性质,且结构更为简单.

Optical Properties and Response Mechanism Analysis of Multi-branched Fluorescent Probes Based on Intramolecular Charge Transfer

In this work, the optical properties of fluorescent probes used for detection of biothiol were studied by employing time-dependent density functional theory. By calculating the single photon absorption and emission properties of probe Mol.1, Mol.2 and Mol.3 before and after reaction with cysteine and homocysteine, we have investigated the effect of carboncarbon triple bond and benzene ring on the properties of fluorescent probes. It is found that the oscillator strength of probe molecules increases gradually with the improvement of the structure of the electron donor triphenylamine and the addition of carbon-carbon triple bonds, and better properties of fluorescence probes have also been demonstrated. At the same time, the effect of different number of side branches on the molecular properties of the probe was also studied. The results showed that compared with single-branched molecule Z1 and tribranched probe Mol.3, two side probe molecules Z2 had higher oscillator strength and better detection effect. In addition, the new single-branched probe Mol.4 with the addition of carbon-carbon triple bonds and benzene rings has better probe properties and simpler structure than the tribranched probe Mol.3.