The invention discloses a
gabapentin preparation method. The
gabapentin preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) placing
cyclohexanone and methyl cyanoacetate into a reaction kettle, adding
ammonium acetate and
methanol, stirring, slowly adding
ammonia water into a low-temperature bath for reaction, filtering and then preparing to obtain alpha,alpha'-dicyano-1,1-cyclohexanediacetylimide
ammonium salt; (2) adding alpha,alpha'-dicyano-1,1-cyclohexanediacetylimide
ammonium salt into high-temperature
liquid water in batches to prepare cyclohexanediacetic acid; (3) adding
urea into cyclohexanediacetic acid, heating up for reaction, then cooling, and adding the cooled product into an
ethanol-water solution to prepare 3,3-pentamethylene
glutarimide; (4) dissolving 3,3-pentamethylene
glutarimide into a
sodium hydroxide water solution, dripping a
sodium hypochlorite and
sodium hydroxide mixed solution for reaction, dripping
hydrochloric acid to adjust the pH to prepare a
gabapentin hydrochloride; (5) dissolving the gabapentin
hydrochloride into
sodium hydroxide to prepare gabapentin. The preparation method has the advantages that the raw materials are easy to obtain, and the yield of the prepared product is high.