The invention relates to a method for preparing optically pure enantiomers of racemic cis apovincaminic acid ester from the racemic cis apovincaminic acid ester. Chiral resolving agent R*-COOH reacts with the racemic cis apovincaminic acid ester to generate a corresponding salt; the salt is resolved according to the difference of the salt
solubility of two enantiomers; the salt is neutralized, released and finally recrystallized, purified and enriched in the optical purity to prepare one
signal enantiomer with high optical purity; in addition, because appropriate resolving agent and resolving
solvent are used, a mother solution can be concentrated and resolved to obtain a salt of another
enantiomer, wherein the salt has high
chemical purity and high optical purity; and the salt is neutralized, released and refined to obtain another
enantiomer with high-purity. The example of directly obtaining two optically pure enantiomers of a
raceme to be resolved by using the same resolving agent is rare, and particularly it is the first time that the racemic cis apovincaminic acid ester including
vinpocetine is resolved. The resolving operation is simple and efficient. The racemic cis apovincaminic acid ester is resolved by using the method to obtain the
vinpocetine, thus another method of preparing the racemic cis apovincaminic acid ester including the
vinpocetine is invented.