The invention belongs to the technical field of
organic chemistry, and discloses a preparation method of high-purity
ectoine, which comprises the following steps: by taking L-
glutamine as a
raw material, carrying out amino protection under an alkaline condition, carrying out Hofmann degradation carbonyl removal reaction without separation, carrying out secondary Boc protection without separation, and carrying out double-Boc protection on L-2, 4, 6-trimethyl-1, 3, 5-trimethyl-1, 3, 5-trimethyl-1, 3, 5-trimethyl-1, 3, 5-trimethyl-1, 3, 5-trimethyl-1, 3, 5-trimethyl-1, 3, 5- The method comprises the following steps: extracting L-2, 4-diaminobutyric acid into an organic phase by using an
organic solvent, directly introducing a proper amount of
hydrogen chloride gas into the combined organic phase, and simultaneously completing deprotection and separating out an L-2, 4-diaminobutyric acid dihydrochloride intermediate. The preparation process has the characteristics of being high in yield, simple and convenient in post-treatment, environment-friendly, high in purity and the like; the separated-out L-2, 4-diaminobutyric acid dihydrochloride
solid does not need to be refined and is directly subjected to cyclization reaction with trimethyl orthoacetate to generate the target product
Ectoine. The preparation method provided by the invention is low in production cost, efficient and environment-friendly.