The invention discloses a method for synthesizing
loxoprofen sodium. The method comprises the following steps: (a) using dimethyl
adipate as an initial
raw material; (b) adding a certain amount of alkali to enable the dimethyl
adipate to perform ring closing and generate a 2-oxocyclopentyl
carboxylate intermediate; (c) adding a certain amount of an
organic solvent into the ring-closed dimethyl
adipate to perform stirring and diluting; (d) removing
methanol generated in ring-closing by adopting reduced pressure
distillation, and promoting forward performance of a ring-closing reaction; and (e) adding 2-(4-bromomethyl)phenylpropionic acid after complete ring-closing reaction of the dimethyl adipate, performing complete reaction at a certain temperature, performing
decarboxylation and quaternization reactions after extracting and
drying to obtain the
loxoprofen sodium. According to the method, the generated intermediate does not need post-treatment and separation purification, and directly reacts with the 2-(4-bromomethyl)phenylpropionic acid. The method is simple to operate, has simple, safe, environment-friendly reaction
route, has low cost, mild reaction condition, good
regioselectivity and relatively high production conversion rate.