The invention provides a method for preparing 1-methyl-3-difluoromethyl-1H-
pyrazole-4-
carboxylic acid with
high selectivity, which comprises the following steps: reacting
methylhydrazine with a protective agent in an
inert solvent to obtain single-protection
methylhydrazine (IV); in the presence of alkali, carrying out
condensation reaction on the single protection
methylhydrazine (IV) and 2-ethoxymethylene-4, 4-difluoro-3-oxobutyric acid
ethyl ester (I) to obtain an intermediate (V); adding acid into the
reaction system obtained in the step S2 to synchronously remove the
protecting group R and form a
pyrazole ring, so as to obtain 1-methyl-3-difluoromethyl-1H-
pyrazole-4-
ethyl formate (II); alkali is added into the 1-methyl-3-difluoromethyl-1H-pyrazole-4-
ethyl formate (II) for
hydrolysis, then the
hydrolysis product is acidified with acid, and suction
filtration is performed to obtain the 1-methyl-3-difluoromethyl-1H-pyrazole-4-
carboxylic acid (III). The content of regioisomers in the prepared product is less than or equal to 1%, the HPLC purity of the product is more than or equal to 98.0%, the content of single impurities is less than or equal to 0.15%, the
moisture content is less than or equal to 0.1%, the residual
acid content is less than or equal to 50 ppm, and the downstream reaction requirement can be met without secondary refining.