The invention relates to a method for preparing
rivastigmine hydrogen and
tartrate thereof, which comprises the following steps: taking metamethoxyacetophenone as an initial
raw material, and obtaining 1-(3-methoxyphenyl)
ethanol by the reduction; then performing the chlorination to obtain 1-(chloroethyl)-3-methoxyphenyl; then reacting the1-(chloroethyl)-3-methoxyphenyl with
dimethylamine hydrochloride to obtain 1-(3-methoxyphenyl)-N, N-dimethylethanamine; demethylating the
reaction product to obtain 3-[1-(dimethylamino)ethyl]
phenol; then performing
salt formation resolution with (s)-(+)-
camphor-10-
sulfonic acid, recrystallizing, and dissociating to obtain (s)-3-[1-(dimethylamino)ethyl]
phenol; then taking
ethylamine as a
raw material to react with
ethyl formate to obtain formylethylamine; then reacting the formylethylamine with
phosphorus oxychloride to obtain an
imine intermediate; reducing the
imine intermediate by
sodium borohydride to obtain ethyl methyl amine; then reacting the ethyl methyl amine with
triphosgene to obtain N-methyl-N-ethylformyl
chloride; and finally using (s)-3-[1-dimethylamino)ethyl]
phenol to condensate with the N-methyl-N-ethylformyl
chloride, and then performing
salt formation with levotartaric acid to obtain the
rivastigmine hydrogen tartrate. The method has the advantages of easily-obtained raw materials, simple and convenient operation, low cost, high yield and small
pollution, and is a brandnew synthesis
route at present.