The invention discloses a high-efficiency
rotigotine preparation process which comprises the following steps: dissolving
sodium triacetoxyborohydride in a reaction
solvent, adding 2-thiopheneethylamine while stirring, dropwise adding a
dichloromethane solution of 5-methoxy-2-
tetralone, continuously reacting, and carrying out post-treatment to obtain N-(1, 2, 3, 4-tetramethyl-4-
piperidine)-1, 2, 3, 4-tetramethyl-4-
piperidine. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding 2, 2, 4-tetrahydro-5-methoxy-2-naphthyl)-2-
thiophene ethylamine; dissolving L-DTTA and L-DBTA in
ethanol and a water
solvent, adding into the product, carrying out a
reflux reaction, and recrystallizing to obtain a single-configuration resolution salt; the preparation method comprises the following steps: adding
sodium triacetoxyborohydride into a reaction kettle, carrying out product alkalization, carrying out methyl
tertiary ether extraction, concentrating an
organic layer until the
organic layer is dry, dissolving with
dichloromethane, adding
sodium triacetoxyborohydride, dropwise adding
propionaldehyde, continuously carrying out stirring reaction after dropwise adding, after the reaction is finished, concentrating until no
liquid drop exists, and carrying out post-treatment to obtain (S)-5-methoxyrotigotine; and dropwise adding HBr, and recrystallizing with n-
hexane to obtain
rotigotine. According to the present invention, the STAB-mediated continuous
reductive amination is adopted to replace the
high pressure hydrogenation, and the L-DTTA / L-DBTA composite resolution
system is designed to improve the
chiral selectivity, such that the process is simplified, and the cost is reduced.