The application belongs to the technical field of
chondroitin sulfate preparation, and particularly relates to application and application method of liquid
sulfur dioxide in preparation of
chondroitin sulfate or
chondroitin sulfate salt. In the application, liquid
sulfur dioxide is used as a
solvent to perform sulfonation modification treatment on unsulfated chondroitin, on the one hand, the use of traditional high-boiling organic reagents is avoided, the difficulty of three-
waste treatment is reduced, and the process is more green and
environmentally friendly; on the other hand, the post-treatment operation of the sulfonation reaction is simpler, and
sulfur dioxide can be removed from the
system by only
temperature control or pressure adjustment, so that
solvent residues possibly existing in the final product are avoided, and the product is
safer. In addition, by adjusting the key conditions of the sulfonation reaction, the proportion of
chondroitin sulfate with 6 independent
sulfation in the
disaccharide unit of the sulfonation product is 70% to 90%, the reaction is stable and reliable, and the sulfonation rate is high.