The invention provides a novel process for preparing a D-
pantothenic acid calcium salt and relates to a novel process for preparing a D-
pantothenic acid calcium salt. According to the basic scheme ofthe invention, the novel process comprises the following steps of: preparing a water solution with the content of 16-26% from DL-pantolactone, adding a biological
enzyme which is 5-15% of
mass of thewater solution, performing uniform mixing, and then slowly dropwise adding a
calcium di-beta-alaninate water solution in which the content of calcium di-beta-alaninate is 20-30% in a
molar amount of 0.49-0.51 fold that of D-pantolactone contained in the water solution at 23-30 DEG C; performing reaction all the time until complete
hydrolysis of the D-pantolactone, filtering out a
clear liquid andrecycling the biological
enzyme in a
filter cake; keeping a pH value of a
reaction system between 6.0 and 7.3 during dropwise adding; concentrating the
clear liquid in vacuum of -0.085MPa or above andat 115-120 DEG C after reaction is completed, performing cooling to 65 DEG C or below, adding
methanol of which the weight is 0.5-0.8 fold that of D-
pantothenic acid calcium di-beta-alaninate, performing mixing and cooling to 20-40 DEG C, performing filtering, and washing, pulping and rewashing the
filter cake with the
methanol to achieve purification; collecting filtrate of a few times, recovering the
methanol and then forming the DL-pantolactone in a
racemization manner to reuse; and
drying the
filter cake through two levels of temperature zones of 105-125 DEG C and 150-160 DEG C, and performing cooling and discharging to obtain the D-pantothenic acid calcium salt. According to the novel process, a
precursor substance D-pantothenic acid calcium di-beta-alaninate of the D-pantothenic acid calcium salt is generated in one step during resolution reaction, so that the process of extracting and separating the D-pantolactone is avoided.