The invention belongs to the technical field of pharmaceutical chemical processes, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a penem antibiotic intermediate 4-BMA, which comprises the following steps: adding Zn
powder,
chlorosilane, aliphatic
tertiary amine,
zinc salt and 4-AA in a formula (I) into THF (
tetrahydrofuran), uniformly stirring, dropwise adding a THF solution of alpha-haloamide with an induction group in a formula (II) for reaction, filtering the reaction solution, removing the
zinc powder, and
drying to obtain the penem antibiotic intermediate 4-BMA. Extracting the filtrate to obtain a THF phase, washing with an
aqueous solution of
potassium oxalate, and recovering THF to obtain a formula (III); and carrying out oxidative
hydrolysis,
sulfur dioxide
quenching,
sulfur dioxide acid regulation
crystallization and recrystallization on the formula (III) to obtain the intermediate 4-BMA. According to the preparation method disclosed by the invention, a
zinc salt is used as a catalyst during preparation of the formula (III),
potassium oxalate is used for removing residual Zn (II) in a THF phase, SO2 is used for
quenching hydrogen peroxide and acid regulation and
crystallization of 4-BMA, the oxygenolysis problem of 4-BMA is solved, and the preparation method has the characteristics of greenness, safety and high efficiency, is strong in product competitive
advantage and is suitable for industrial production.