The invention discloses a purification method of 5-
bromine-2-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)
pyridine. The purification method comprises the following steps: (1) dissolving 5-bromo-2-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)
pyridine in a
solvent, dropwise adding an acidic
ethanol solution, stirring and heating, keeping, then cooling to separate out crystals, filtering, washing the crystals with
ethanol, and dryingto obtain 5-bromo-2-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)
pyridine acid salt; and 2) adding the 5-
bromine-2-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl) pyridine salt into water for dissolving, adding a
solvent, dropwise adding liquid caustic soda, stirring, heating, keeping, cooling to separate out crystals, filtering, washing the crystals with
ethanol, and
drying to obtain the 5-
bromine-2-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl) pyridine. The purification method disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of mild purification conditions, safety, simplicity and convenience in operation, high purity, high yield and the like,reduces the production cost, and overcomes the problems of low product purity and need of repeated recrystallization due to the use of a large amount of
isopropyl acetate in the existing process.