The invention discloses a method for preparing an 
ozagrel intermediate (E)-4-(methyl imidazolyl) 
methyl cinnamate, which comprises the following steps of: (1) 
sodium imidazolide preparation: (1.1) dissolving 
sodium hydroxides in deionized water, and after the 
sodium hydroxides is completely dissolved, stirring the obtained product and adding imidazolide to the obtained product; (1.2) putting the solution obtained in the step (1.1) into a reaction kettle and uniformly mixing to obtain a stand-by material; and (1.3) adding 
toluene to the stand-by material obtained in the step (1.2), then adding 
acetone to the obtained mixture to obtain an 
acetone solution; and (2) (E)-4-(imidazolyl-methyl) 
methyl cinnamate preparation: (2.1) adding methyl 3-(4-bromomethyl) cinnamate to the 
acetone solution, and after reaction, carrying out depressurized 
evaporation on the obtained product to remove acetone from the material; and (2.2) adding deionized water to the material subjected to acetone 
evaporation in the step (2.1), and stirring the obtained mixture to crystallize, thereby obtaining the (E)-4-(imidazolyl-methyl) 
methyl cinnamate. By using the method disclosed by the invention, the shortages existing in the prior art can be overcome, and the production cost of the intermediate is greatly reduced.