The present application belongs to the technical field of preparation and
processing of drugs, and particularly relates to finerenone, a preparation method therefor and a finerenone intermediate. In the preparation method provided by the present application, a compound with a diester structure as represented by formula 2 is used as a reaction
raw material to carry out a series of reactions, a chiral catalyst is used in the reaction to obtain a product with an S / R configuration ratio of up to 85:15, and the product is resolved by means of using a
tartaric acid derivative, so as to prepare a compound with a structure as represented by formula 7, and then the resulting compound is subjected to
hydrolysis and amidation reactions to obtain finerenone. A finerenone
drug substance with an ee value of >99.9% and a purity of up to 99.9% can be obtained by means of the preparation method of the present application. Moreover, the reactions during the preparation method provided by the present application are all common reactions, not involving dangerous reaction steps such as
hydrogenolysis and high-pressure processes. The method has mild
reaction conditions, generates no highly toxic by-products, has low requirements for reaction equipment, has low
operational costs, and is simple and convenient to operate. Therefore, the method is suitable for industrial production, and has good market prospects.