The invention discloses a synthetic method of an
etoricoxib intermediate 4-methylsulfonyl
acetophenone, wherein the comprises the following steps: step 1, adding
anhydrous aluminum trichloride and
acetyl chloride in a
dichloromethane system to obtain a reaction solution; step 2, dropwise adding the reaction solution into
thioanisole into the reaction solution; step 3, standing for liquid separation, extracting a water phase by using
dichloromethane, combining organic phases, and washing the combined organic phases by using a 10%
sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution; step 4, evaporating the washed organic phase to
dryness, adding n-
heptane, crystallizing, washing, and
drying to obtain acetylphenylmethyl
sulfide; and step 5, adding the acetylphenylmethyl
sulfide obtained in the step 4 into an
acetone system, and further reacting to obtain 4-methylsulfonyl
acetophenone; or adding the acetylphenylmethyl
sulfide obtained in the step 4 into an
acetic acid system, and stirring for dissolving to obtain a reaction mixture; and further reacting to obtain the 4-methylsulfonyl
acetophenone. The
energy consumption is reduced, the reaction is more stable, and the benefit is high.