A 3,3'-diindolyl
acetate compound and a derivative thereof are discovered to have extensive activities of
immunity resistance,
inflammation resistance,
edema inhibition and the like. Meanwhile, The 3,3'-diindolyl
acetate compound is also an important intermediate
raw material which belongs to the field of organic preparation. The compound can be used for synthesizing multiple
bioactive molecules with 3,3'-bis-indolymethane structure, and has quite high
organic synthesis application value. The invention provides a quite simple preparation method of a visible light catalyzed 3,3'-diindolyl
acetate compound. The preparation method comprises the following specific steps: taking a
glycine derivative and an indole derivative as raw materials, taking an organic
photosensitizer (
eosin Y, rose-bengal or
rhodamine 6G) as a photocatalyst, reacting for 10-30 h at the
room temperature under illumination of visible light, and separating and purifying to obtain a product. Compared with the prior art,the preparation method has the advantages of simple steps, high yield, cheap and easily obtained raw materials and catalysts, zero
metal, mild reaction condition, simplicity in reaction operation andthe like, and is more suitable for
pilot scale-up and large-scale preparation of the 3,3'-diindolyl acetate compound.