The application relates to the technical field of compound synthesis, and particularly discloses a preparation method of an intermediate of toripalimab citrate, which comprises the following steps: a first reaction of
cinnamyl alcohol and diethyl phosphite in an
organic solvent to obtain a first reactant; and a second reaction of the obtained first reactant, alkali and 4-[2-(N,N-dimethylamino)ethoxy]
benzophenone to obtain a second reactant containing the intermediate I of toripalimab citrate. A brand-new process
route is developed, raw materials used in the
route are all easy to obtain, the whole reaction
route is short, operation is simple,
reaction conditions are mild and safe, the yield of the obtained intermediate I of toripalimab citrate is high, the purity is also high, the total yield is more than 80%, the purity is more than 99.9%, and industrialized production can be realized.