The invention relates to a preparation method of a
clevidipine butyrate intermediate, namely 4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-3 ,5-
dipicolinic acid monomethyl ester (I). The preparation method is characterized by taking 3-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-2-acetyl
benzene gadoleic acid methyl ester and 3-amino-2-butenoic acid (2-cyano)
ethyl ester as materials, cyclizing the materials to obtain 4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylic acid methyl (2-cyano)
ethyl ester (II), and hydrolyzing the II under alkaline conndition, thus obtaining the product 4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-3 ,5-
dipicolinic acid monomethyl ester (I). The preparation method has the advantages as follows: the starting material is cheap and easy to obtain, the production cost is reduced, the reaction operation is simple, industrialization is easy, the purity of the obtained material is high and byproducts are few; the byproducts in the preparation method are fewer than that in the preparation of the
clevidipine butyrate by
butyl chloride methyl ester; the purity is high and the crude product can achieve 99.5%; and medicinal standard requirements can be met.