The invention relates preparation methods of dracorhodin and salt and intermediates thereof and intermediate compounds. Synthesis of multifunctional group-substituted
benzene ring core structures, that is, the intermediate compounds V, VI and VII is achieved by taking
phloroglucinol trimethyl
ether as a starting
raw material, combining a
formylation reaction, a Huang-Minlon reduction method, a methyl
ether demethylation reaction, the reaction that benzyl is introduced onto phenolic hydroxyl through benzyl
halogen, the reaction that methyl is introduced onto phenolic hydroxyl by taking
dimethyl carbonate as a
methylation reagent, a debenzylation reaction, a
demethylation reaction and the like, utilizing the intramolecular
hydrogen bond effect of formyl and phenolic hydroxyl on
benzene rings and controlling the proper
reaction conditions through proper combinations of the reactions and a protection-deprotection strategy. According to the method, dracorhodin and the salt thereof are synthesized by adopting the
raw material which is low in cost, easy to obtain and low in
toxicity, the process
route is short, the cost is low, the chemical selectivity of all the steps is high, the total yield reaches up to about 10%, the process reproducibility is good, industrialization can be achieved, and the green and economical properties are achieved.