The invention relates to a
favipiravir synthesis process, which comprises: 1) dissolving a
pyrazine compound in an organic
reagent I, adding an
oxidizing agent M, and carrying out a
nitrogen oxidation reaction to obtain a white
solid; 2) adding the obtained white
solid to an organic
reagent II, and carrying out a chlorination reaction to obtain a pale yellow
solid; 3) uniformly mixing the obtained pale yellow solid, a dried aprotic polar
solvent, a dried
fluorine ion donor
reagent and
tetrabutylammonium bromide, and carrying out a stirring reaction to obtain a pale yellow solid; 4) adding the obtained pale yellow solid to water, and carrying out a reaction with 1,4-dioxane and
sodium acetate to obtain a yellow oily matter; and 5) uniformly mixing the obtained yellow oily matter and concentrated
sulfuric acid to obtain the target product
favipiravir. According to the present invention, the method has advantages of simple and easily available raw materials, simple synthesis process and mild conditions,
nitrogen oxidation, chlorination, fluorization and
hydrolysis are performed to finally prepare the 6-fluoro-3-hydroxypyrazine-2-
formamide, and the good industrial value is provided.