The invention discloses a preparation method of N-formyl
cefotaxime, which is characterized by comprising the following steps: adding
anhydrous formic acid into
acetic anhydride, controlling the temperature at 25-35 DEG C, reacting for 30 minutes, cooling to 15 DEG C, adding
cefotaxime acid in batches, heating to 35-40 DEG C, adding a
metal catalyst to continue reacting when reactants start to
agglomerate, reacting for 30 minutes, adding
purified water, and reacting for 30 minutes to obtain N-formyl
cefotaxime. And adjusting the pH value when white crystals are separated out, filtering and washing when the temperature is reduced to 10-15 DEG C, and
drying at the temperature of 50-60 DEG C and the pressure of-0.085--0.095 Mpa until the
water content is less than 2.5% to obtain a target product. According to the method, multi-step synthesis by taking 7-ACA as a
raw material is not needed, the production cost is effectively reduced, the reaction steps are simple, the steps of
phase inversion purification, carbon decoloration and the like are not needed, the operation is simple and easy to control, the weight yield can reach 80%, and the highest product purity can reach 98.6%. The method fills the blank of N-formyl cefotaxime impurities prepared by
chemical synthesis, and has important theoretical significance and practical application value for improving the quality of
cefotaxime sodium and reducing the clinical
medication risk.