The invention discloses a
ruthenium (II) complex, of which the structure is as shown in the specification, and also discloses a preparation method of the complex. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, preparing X-RPIP from
phenanthroline 5,6-
diketone as a
raw material, and then preparing a product, namely the
ruthenium (II) complex from the X-RPIP and cis-Ru(L)2Cl2 as the raw materials; or firstly, preparing the X-RPIP from X-BrPIP as a
raw material, and then preparing the product from the X-RPIP and cis-Ru(L)2Cl2 as the raw materials; or firstly, preparing Ru(L)2(X-R'''PIP)<2+> from Ru(L)2Cl2 and X-R'''PIP as the raw materials, and then preparing the product from the Ru(L)2(X-R'''PIP)<2+> as the
raw material. The synthetic method disclosed by the invention is simple, especially the synthetic
lambda-[Ru(bpy)2(p-BEPIP)]<2+> is free of
toxicity on a
living cell, quick to stride across a film, strong in
fluorescence color, easy to observe, and not easy to quench,
fluorescence excitation does not overlap with an emission waveband, and
cell nucleus enrichment can be carried out.