The invention relates to the technical field of
organic chemistry, and discloses a preparation method of 4-
bromine-3-fluorotoluene suitable for industrial production, which comprises the following steps: (a) diazotization and bromination step: taking 3-fluoro-4-aminotoluene as a starting
raw material, carrying out diazotization reaction with
nitrite under an acidic condition to generate a diazonium salt intermediate, and separating and purifying the diazonium salt intermediate to obtain 4-bromo-3-fluorotoluene; and under the condition of not separating the diazonium salt intermediate, carrying out replacement reaction in the presence of cuprous
bromide and
hydrobromic acid to generate 3-fluoro-4-bromotoluene. A diazotization-
halogenation reaction is combined with an organic
metal / electrophilic fluorination reaction, through a specific
reaction sequence, high-selectivity fluorination at a specific position of an aromatic ring is successfully realized, generation of isomer impurities is effectively inhibited, the
chemical purity of a product is guaranteed from the source, and by introducing a unique multi-stage purification strategy, the purity of the product is greatly improved.
Trace metal impurities,
fluorine ions and other key impurities can be deeply removed, so that the final product is extremely high in purity and good in
chemical stability.