The invention discloses a method for high-yield synthesis of an
iopromide EP
impurity F. The method comprises the following steps: dissolving
iopromide with an
organic solvent, and adding
hydroxyacetone; after uniformly stirring, adding a catalytic amount of acid, carrying out
nitrogen displacement, heating to 75-95 DEG C in an
oil bath, and carrying out a reaction; after the reaction is finished, pouring reaction liquid into water, extracting twice with
ethyl acetate, and extracting twice with
dichloromethane; discarding an organic phase, and carrying out vacuum spin-
drying on a water phase; adding a certain amount of water into residues, and then adding
activated carbon for decoloration; filtering, and spin-
drying filtrate again; and adding the residue into absolute ethyl
alcohol, refluxing for 2-4 hours, naturally cooling to
room temperature, crystallizing, filtering, adding ethyl
alcohol into a
filter cake again, repeatedly crystallizing for more than three times, and freeze-
drying the obtained
filter cake to obtain the
iopromide impurity F with the purity of more than 98%. The method for synthesizing the iopromide EP
impurity F has the advantages of simple operation, short preparation period, low cost and
environmental protection, and the purity is high.