The invention relates to a synthesis method of a
telaprevir intermediate octahydro-cyclopenta[c]
pyrrole carboxylic acid derivative, which belongs to the technical field of pharmaceutical synthesis. The synthesis method comprises the following steps: dissolving a compound shown in formula (I) in a
solvent, and adding a
reducing agent for reducing ketonic groups to hydroxyl, thereby obtaining a compound shown in formula (II); dissolving the compound shown in formula (II) in a
solvent, and under the action of organic alkali and a dehydrating agent, forming a carbon-carbon
double bond, thereby obtaining a compound shown in formula (III); dissolving the compound shown in formula (III) in an
organic solvent, carrying out hydrogenation reduction on the obtained object under the action of a catalyst so as to obtain a compound shown in formula (IV), and the synthetic
route is described in the specification, wherein PG refers to protecting groups over N, and the protecting groups include benzyl, p-methoxybenzyl, benzyloxycarbonyl, triphenylmethyl, t-butyloxycarboryl, acetyl and fluorenl methoxy carbonyl; and R refers to
hydrogen,
alkyl or cycloalkyl with the
carbon atom numbers of less than or equal to 6, halogenated
alkyl,
aryl or heteroaryl. The method is short in synthetic
route, and suitable for large-scale industrial production.