The invention provides a preparation method of a zavazepam intermediate 3-(
piperidine-4-yl)-1, 2-dihydroquinoline-2-
ketone or a salt of the zavazepam intermediate 3-(
piperidine-4-yl)-1, 2-dihydroquinoline-2-
ketone. The preparation method comprises the following steps: by taking tert-butyl bromoacetate and
trimethyl orthoformate as raw materials, carrying out condensation to obtain 2-bromoalkene tert-butyl
propionate, then carrying out Suzuki
coupling on the 2-bromoalkene tert-butyl
propionate and N-tert-butyloxycarboryl
piperidine-4-
boronic acid pinacol ester to obtain 2-(N-tert-butyloxycarboryl piperidine-4-yl) tert-
butyl acrylate, and then hydrolyzing the 2-(N-tert-butyloxycarboryl piperidine-4-yl) tert-
butyl acrylate to obtain an
acrylic acid derivative. The preparation method comprises the following steps: directly constructing a
quinoline-2-
ketone core skeleton by
coupling-cyclizing
acrylic acid and 2-bromoaniline through a one-pot method in the presence of
palladium catalysis and a dehydrating agent to obtain a Boc protection intermediate, and finally performing acidolysis deprotection to obtain a target product. The
route thoroughly avoids
sodium hydride, LDA,
iron powder and other dangerous or high-
pollution reagents, conditions are mild, operation is safe, three wastes are few, all intermediates and products can be purified through conventional
crystallization,
column chromatography is not needed, the total yield is high, and the method is suitable for industrial production.