The invention discloses an
iridium catalyst, a preparation method thereof and application of the
iridium catalyst in preparation of
deuterium-labeled
voriconazole, and belongs to the technical field of catalysts. The structure of the
iridium catalyst is innovatively improved, that is, large-steric-hindrance 1, 2, 4-tri (2, 6-diisopropylphenyl)-1, 2, 3-
triazole carbene is used as a ligand, and meanwhile, traditional monodentate coordinated
chloride ions of anions are changed into bidentate coordinated acetate, so that the obtained catalyst can catalyze
voriconazole to carry out
hydrogen-
deuterium exchange reaction. When the catalyst disclosed by the invention catalyzes a
hydrogen-
deuterium exchange reaction, only heterocycle of the reaction is obviously different from the
hydrogen-deuterium exchange reaction of an iridium catalyst reported in the prior art, which mainly occurs on a
benzene ring, four deuterium atoms can be simultaneously introduced into the heterocycle of
voriconazole, and meanwhile, the deuteration rate exceeds 98%, so that the requirement of quantitative analysis is met.