The invention discloses a preparation method of
hydrobromic acid vortioxetine, and belongs to the technical field of
organic synthesis. The method comprises the following steps: by taking o-aminothiophenol and Boc2O as initial raw materials, carrying out amino protection to obtain an intermediate 1; reacting the intermediate 1 with 2, 4-dimethyl
bromobenzene under an alkaline condition to form a
thioether bond, and acidifying to obtain an intermediate 2; carrying out high-temperature cyclization on the intermediate 2 and bis (2-bromoethyl) amine
hydrobromide in
mesitylene, so as to obtain a crude product of the
hydrobromic acid vortioxetine; and recrystallizing the crude product with 95%
ethanol to obtain a high-purity final product. The
route is simple, only three-step reaction is needed, a
noble metal catalyst is not needed in the whole process, and the problem of
metal residues is fundamentally avoided; the selected raw materials are easy to obtain, the reaction condition is mild, the operation is simple and convenient, the process is stable, the total yield is good, the product purity is as high as 99.9%, and the method is suitable for large-scale production.