The invention discloses a synthesis method of 
vinpocetine. The synthesis method comprises adding 
vincamine into a three-neck flask, adding 
toluene into the three-neck 
bottle, stirring the mixture in 
ice water bath, dropwise adding polyphosphoric acid, placing the mixture into 
oil bath after half an hour, installing a water separator and a condensation tube, pumping to be vacuum, replacingnitrogen for two times, and performing reaction for 8 hours at the temperature of 120 DEG C; 
drying solvent by 
distillation after reaction is finished, adding 
ethanol and water, simultaneously dropwise adding caustic soda solution, utilizing saturated 
potassium carbonate solution to regulate pH to be 12 when the pH is 9, separating out 
solid, filtering and performing 
vacuum drying to obtain apovincamine; and adding absolute ethyl 
alcohol into the three-neck 
bottle, stirring the mixture in the 
ice water bath for one hour, then adding caustic 
alcohol into the mixture, adding the apovincamine after half an hour's stirring, placing a reaction 
bottle in the 
oil bath, performing reaction for 12 hours at the temperature of 80 DEG C, then 
steaming out 
solvent, adding the 
solvent into 
hydrochloric acid, extracting the mixture through 
ethyl acetate, adjusting pH value of the water phase to 12, separating out 
solid, filtering and 
drying to obtain the 
vinpocetine. The synthesis method is few in 
reaction step, low in 
energy consumption and less in environment 
pollution, recrystallization is not needed, and the purity of the 
vinpocetine can reach 99.5%.