The invention belongs to the technical field of
medicinal chemistry, and discloses a novel
diacerein crystal form and a preparation method thereof. The X-
ray powder diffraction pattern of the novel
crystal form shows characteristic
diffraction peaks when the angle 2 theta is 5.18 degrees + / -0.2 degrees, 10.42 degrees + / -0.2 degrees, 17.38 degrees + / -0.2 degrees, 21.45 degrees + / -0.2 degrees, 21.86 degrees + / -0.2 degrees, 25.07 degrees + / -0.2 degrees and 27.85 degrees + / -0.2 degrees. Stability tests show that the novel
crystal form has excellent stability and
solubility, is beneficial to
drug absorption and
curative effect exertion, and can be applied to preparation of
diacerein drugs. The preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing a
diacerein crude product with N-methyl pyrrolidone, heating at 90-100 DEG C until the diacerein crude product is completely dissolved, adding
acetone or
ethanol, and crystallizing to obtain the target new crystal form. The preparation process is simple, convenient and efficient to operate, large-scale production is easy to realize, and a new choice is provided for production and application of diacerein drugs.