The application relates to the technical field of compound synthesis, and particularly discloses a preparation method of 2-bromofluorenone. According to the method, 4-bromo-2'-iodo-
biphenyl is reacted with
carbon dioxide under the action of a strong base to generate 2-bromofluorenone in one step, the
reaction step is short, the production cost is greatly reduced, the reaction condition is mild, the
process operation is simple, the post-treatment of the reaction is simple, the product with high purity can be easily obtained, and the method is suitable for process amplification production.