The invention provides an industrial production method of
esomeprazole. According to the industrial production method, under the action of a
phase transfer catalyst and strong alkali,
omeprazole sulfur ether is prepared through condensation; through low-temperature asymmetric oxidation, the generation of
nitric oxide and
sulfone is reduced, an organic solution of
esomeprazole (as shown in the formula III) is prepared, the organic solution can be directly fed into a
sodium alcoholate solution, three steps namely asymmetric oxidation aftertreatment,
salting and
crystallization and refining are completed once, a finished
esomeprazole product is prepared in multiple batches, the purity of the finished esomeprazole product is greater than 99.8%, the isomer of the finished esomeprazole product is less than 0.05%, the individual
impurity of the finished esomeprazole product is less than 0.1%, and the
medicine grade
raw material medicine requirements are met. By adopting the preparation method, the step of extracting and purifying esomeprazole and
esomeprazole sodium is canceled, the production period is shortened, the production cost is greatly reduced, the possibility that the
sulfone impurity is increased in the production process is avoided, the preparation method is safe and reliable, simple and easy to operate, stable in
salting and good in
repeatability, and the product quality is greatly improved.