The invention relates to the technical field of
menadione intermediate 1 preparation, and discloses a
menadione intermediate 1 preparation method, which comprises: 1, introducing
dicyclopentadiene into a first
continuous flow reactor, and carrying out a
depolymerization reaction; step 2, synchronously introducing
cyclopentadiene in the step 1 and a solution containing
menadione and a Lewis acid catalyst into a second
continuous flow reactor; step 3, introducing the reaction liquid in the step 2 and water into a third
continuous flow reactor for continuous
quenching and liquid separation, and separating an organic phase; 4,
drying the organic phase, concentrating, pulping with
methanol, and purifying to obtain the menadione intermediate 1; the continuous flow reactor is adopted to realize continuous
quenching and continuous liquid separation, the operation risk is reduced while the operation is simplified, the production safety is improved, the Lewis acid is adopted as the catalyst, the reaction process is mild in condition, small in acid consumption, short in reaction time and small in
corrosion to equipment, and the three-waste
pollution is greatly reduced.