The invention relates to the technical field of pharmaceutical chemicals, in particular to a refining method of an
eplerenone intermediate. The method comprises the following steps: S1, dissolving: sequentially adding an
eplerenone methyl ester crude product, an
organic solvent and water into a reaction
bottle, and stirring and heating to completely dissolve the
eplerenone methyl ester crude product, the
organic solvent and the water; s2, reaction: adding inorganic alkali into a dissolved
reaction system, and stirring for full reaction at controlled temperature; s3,
elutriation: cooling the
system to
room temperature, and slowly dropwise adding water to precipitate a
solid product; s4,
devitrification: cooling, devitrifying and fully stirring; s5, filtering and
drying: filtering the
system for
solid-liquid separation, and
drying to obtain an eplerenone methyl ester fine product. The eplerenone methyl ester refining method provided by the invention is high in product yield and low in cost, the adopted
organic solvent is a common
solvent and is low in
toxicity, and the eplerenone methyl ester refining method has good industrial application value and is very suitable for large-scale industrial application.