The invention discloses a synthesis method of
epinastine, which comprises the following steps: taking cheap and easily available 2-aminobenzophenone as an initial
raw material, reducing through hydroboron and lewis acid to obtain 2-benzylaniline, acylating with an acid-binding agent and
chloroacetyl chloride to obtain N-[2-(phenylmethyl) phenyl]-2-
chloroacetamide, cyclizing with a dehydrating agent to obtain 6-chloromethylmorphanthridine, and purifying to obtain the
epinastine. The preparation method comprises the following steps: carrying out a
condensation reaction on 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-6, 11-dibenzo-[b, e]
azepine under the action of an acid-binding agent to obtain 6-(phthalimidomethyl)-6, 11-dihydro-dibenzo-[b, e]
azepine, reducing carbon-carbon double bonds under the action of hydroboron to obtain 6-(phthalimidomethyl)-6, 11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo-[b, e]
azepine, and carrying out a
condensation reaction on the 6-(phthalimidomethyl)-6, 11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo-[b, e] azepine and the 6-(phthalimidomethyl)-6, 11-dihydro-dibenzo-[b, e] azepine. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly, preparing 6-aminomethyl-6, 11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo [b, e] azepine, hydrolyzing to obtain 6-aminomethyl-6, 11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo [b, e] azepine, and finally cyclizing with
cyanogen bromide to obtain
epinastine. According to the synthesis method disclosed by the invention, the use of an expensive
silane reagent is avoided, the synthesis cost is greatly reduced, dangerous chemicals such as
sodium azide and
lithium aluminum hydride are not used, and the industrial operation is easy.