The invention discloses a synthetic method of
azacitidine. The synthetic method comprises the following steps: with 5-azacytosine and tetraacetylribose as raw materials, protecting the raw materials by using trimethyl
silicon, then performing
butt joint on the raw materials together with 1,2,3,5-
tetra-O-acetyl-beta-D-
ribose under the
catalysis of Lewis acid
trimethylsilyl triflate to obtain
glycoside, performing alcoholysis to remove protective groups, and performing recrystallization to obtain the
azacitidine. According to the synthetic method disclosed by the invention, the 5-azacytosine and the tetraacetylribose are used as the raw materials, and in the reaction of obtaining the
glycoside through
butt joint, the Lewis acid
trimethylsilyl triflate (TMSOTf) replaces
tin tetrachloride, so that the problems that a crude metallic
tin is overproof and
after treatment causes emulsification easily and is inconvenient are avoided, process raw materials of the synthetic method are easy to obtain, and the synthetic method is simple in operation, high in yield, less in step, environment-friendly, and suitable for industrial production.