摘要： The increasing Hg2+ contamination in environment and ecosystem has gained wide attention and thus demands for its facile and effective detection. In this study, we constructed a new fluorescent probe (E)-2-(2-(3-(1,3-dithian-2-yl)-4-hydroxystyryl)-4H-chromen-4-ylidene)malononitrile (DCM-Hg) for Hg2+ detection by incorporating the 1, 3-dithiane group to the dicyanomethylene-4H-pyran fluorophore for the first time. This probe can selectively detect Hg2+ via the Hg2+-triggered deprotection reaction of thioacetals, which leads to a distinct color change from purple to pink and obvious fluorescence enhancement in the near-infrared (NIR) region. The NIR fluorescence intensity increased linearly with Hg2+ level within the range from 0 to 100 μM and the detection limit of DCM-Hg for Hg2+ was found to be 6.8 × 10-8 mol/L. Moreover, the probe could sense Hg2+ on paper strips and image Hg2+ in living cells with low cytotoxicity, which demonstrates its potential application in environment and biological science.