The invention relates to the technical field of
crystallization control of chemical
bulk drug intermediates, and particularly provides a
crystallization method of a
pentoxifylline intermediate, which comprises the following steps: adding an
acetic acid solution into a 3, 7-dimethylxanthine
neutralization reaction solution at 80-85 DEG C until crystals are separated out, carrying out heat preservation and stirring for a first preset time, filtering, washing, and
drying to obtain the
pentoxifylline intermediate. And continuously adding an
acetic acid solution to adjust the pH value of the
system to be neutral, carrying out heat preservation stirring for a second preset time, slowly cooling to 45-55 DEG C, carrying out heat preservation stirring for a third preset time, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain the
pentoxifylline intermediate. According to the
crystallization method provided by the invention, the problems of difficulty in
centrifugal separation, easiness in blockage of filter cloth and redness of a wet product caused by high
viscosity of a
solid-liquid mixture in an existing staged cooling and
crystal growing process are solved, the yield of the prepared 3, 7-dimethylxanthine product reaches 65% or above, the purity can reach 99.9% or above, the production efficiency is improved, and the crystallization method is suitable for large-scale industrial production.