The invention relates to a method for preparing 3,3-dimethyl
butyraldehyde. The method comprises the following steps: (1) vacuumizing a closed reaction kettle, adding a
dichloromethane solvent, dripping
vinyl acetate, introducing a catalyst after dripping is ended, and introducing
hydrogen chloride gas, so that the pressure reaches 0-1MPa, slowly dripping
tert butyl chloride for reacting, removing excessive
hydrogen chloride gas after the reaction is ended to obtain a
distillation product, raising the temperature and distilling to obtain 1-chloro-3,3-dimethyl
butyl acetate; and (2) adding the 1-chloro-3,3-dimethyl
butyl acetate and water into the reaction kettle, controlling the temperature to be 120 DEG C, performing
hydrolysis disproportionation on the 1-chloro-3,3-dimethyl
butyl acetate to obtain a
hydrolysis disproportionation reaction mixture containing 3,3-dimethyl
butyraldehyde, and distilling and purifying to obtain the 3,3-dimethyl
butyraldehyde. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the production cost is low, the production process is shortened, the
reaction conditions are mild, the production safety is high, and the preparation method is simple in preparation process, easy to control, high in yield and safe.