The invention belongs to the technical field of
organic synthesis, and particularly relates to a preparation method of octadecanedioic acid mono-tert-butyl ester. The method specifically comprises the following steps: reacting
dodecanedioic acid,
dichloromethane and DMF (
Dimethyl Formamide), controlling the temperature, dropwise adding an
acylation reagent, and performing reduced pressure concentration after reaction to obtain a compound 1; reacting the compound 1, dimethylbenzene,
palladium-carbon and organic alkali, carrying out
nitrogen displacement, introducing
hydrogen at a controlled temperature, carrying out
nitrogen displacement after the reaction, and filtering and concentrating to obtain a compound 2; adding tert-
butyl acrylate into an
acetic acid aqueous solution, dropwise adding the compound 2, reacting, adjusting the pH value, extracting, filtering and concentrating to obtain a compound 3; adding the compound 3 into
dichloromethane, controlling the temperature, adding
aluminum trichloride, dropwise adding a
reducing agent, reacting, filtering, adjusting the pH value, separating liquid, concentrating and recrystallizing to obtain di-tert-butyl octadecanedioate; and reacting the di-tert-butyl octadecanedioate,
lithium hydroxide and tert-butyl
alcohol, filtering, adjusting the pH value, extracting, concentrating and recrystallizing to obtain the mono-tert-butyl octadecanedioate. The method is low in production cost and high in safety.