The invention relates to an intermediate for preparing 
azilsartan and a novel preparation method for the 
azilsartan. The method includes the following steps: 1) reducing 2-cyano-4'-bromomethylbiphenyl with 
hydroxylamine hydrochloride to generate (Z)-4'-bromomethyl-(N')-hydroxy-[1,1'-
biphenyl]-2-
amidine; 2) performing esterification with 
ethyl chloroformate to generate (Z)-4'-bromomethyl-(N')-((ethoxycarbonyl)oxyl)-[1,1'-
biphenyl]-2-
amidine; 3) performing ring closing to prepare 3-(4'-(bromomethyl)-[1,1'-
biphenyl]-2-yl)-1,2,4-
oxadiazole-5-(4H)-one; 4) performing a 
condensation reaction to 2-ethoxy-1H-
benzimidazole-7-methyl 
carboxylate and the 3-(4'-(bromomethyl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-yl)-1,2,4-
oxadiazole-5-(4H)-one to prepare 2-ethoxy-1-((2'-(2,5-dihydro-5-oxy-1,2,4-
oxadiazole-3-yl)biphenyl-4-yl)methyl)
benzimidazole-7-methyl 
carboxylate; and 5) finally performing 
hydrolysis to prepare the 
azilsartan. The method employs the 
raw material being easy to obtain, is short in synthetic 
route, is low in device cost, is less in side products, is low in 
toxicity and 
pollution, is environment-friendly, is high in product purity and is suitable for industrial production.