New intermediates for preparing ceritinib and preparation method of intermediate

The invention relates to intermediates, namely a compound 1 of a formula (1) as shown in the specification and a compound 2 of a formula (2) as shown in the specification, for preparing ceritinib, or a chemically acceptable salt of the compound 2, wherein R represents the benzylic group of saturated or unsaturated aromatic ring methylene or heteroaromatic ring methylene, and X represents a halogen. The invention relates to a method for preparing a compound 4 by use of the new intermediates, namely the compound 1 and the compound 2, wherein the step of reduction from the compound 1 to the compound 2 is performed by use of a hydroboron or a composition thereof and an alcohol solvent; the compound 2 is reduced by use of a catalytic hydrogenation or transfer hydrogenation method to generate the compound 4. The route of preparing the compound 4 by use of the compound 1 and the compound 2 has the advantages that the chemical reduction step is combined with a catalytic hydrogenation, the use of expensive platinum dioxide is avoided and the cost of synthesizing the intermediate 4 of the ceritinib is effectively reduced.