The invention discloses a method for efficiently preparing a
teniposide precursor, which comprises the following steps of: protecting 4 '-demethyl
epipodophyllotoxin serving as an initial material by
phenol to generate an intermediate I; secondly, alpha-
anhydrous glucose ester is used as a substrate, selective protection of hydroxyl is carried out, and an intermediate II is generated; then, under the
catalysis of BF3. Et2O, the intermediate I and the intermediate II are coupled to generate an intermediate III; finally, through
hydrogenolysis, an intermediate IV can be prepared, and the intermediate IV is used as a key precursor for synthesizing
teniposide. According to the scheme, a more efficient
sugar ring building block (intermediate II) is selected, so that the reaction efficiency can be improved, and excellent selectivity is achieved. The
route has the advantages of short reaction steps (only four steps) and high yield, and solves the problem of later deacetylation of the coupled
sugar ring building block, thereby greatly reducing the
unit cost.