The invention discloses
hydroxychloroquine sulfate and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of
medicinal chemistry. The preparation method comprises the steps of mixing 4, 7-dichloroquinoline with a
hydroxychloroquine side chain, carrying out heating condensation in the presence of an
organic base catalyst, adding water and liquid, and carrying out cooling
crystallization to obtain
hydroxychloroquine; and dissolving hydroxychloroquine in an
ethyl acetate and
ethanol aqueous solution, heating, dissolving and clarifying, dropwise adding concentrated
sulfuric acid, cooling, crystallizing, filtering and
drying to obtain
hydroxychloroquine sulfate. The method has the beneficial effects that a
solvent-free reaction is used, and a catalyst is added, so that high
pollution is avoided, the reaction process is accelerated, and the operation is simple; and meanwhile, the HPLC purity of the obtained hydroxychloroquine refined product is not less than 96.50%, the maximum single
impurity content is less than 0.10%, the yield can reach 85%, the HPLC purity of
hydroxychloroquine sulfate is not less than 98.00%, the maximum single
impurity content is less than 0.10%, and the yield can reach 90%.