The invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutical intermediates, and specifically discloses a method for preparing a
sildenafil intermediate by microchannel
nitration, comprising the following steps: 1) mixing 1-methyl-3-propyl-1H-
pyrazole-5-
carboxylic acid and concentrated
sulfuric acid, stirring and dissolving them into
system 1; 2) mixing fuming
nitric acid and concentrated
sulfuric acid to form a mixed acid concentrate into
system 2; 3) pumping the solutions of
system 1 and system 2 into a microchannel reactor respectively, contacting and reacting, controlling the reactor temperature to 80-110 DEG C, and the
residence time to 45-60s, to generate product 1; 4) diluting product 1 with
ice water to precipitate, and then extracting the product 2 through an organic phase, namely, 1-methyl-4-nitro-3-propyl-1H-
pyrazole-5-
carboxylic acid; the invention optimizes the reaction parameters of the microchannel reactor, and compared with the preparation of the intermediate by traditional kettle reaction, the microchannel can increase the
reaction temperature, and the high temperature is conducive to the
nitration reaction, and the amount of concentrated
sulfuric acid can be reduced, the output of waste acid can be reduced by about 1 / 3, and the reaction efficiency can be improved.