The invention relates to the field of
organic synthesis, and discloses a preparation method of 1,3-cyclohexanedione. The method comprises the following steps: 1, in the presence of water, hydrogenating
resorcinol to obtain a reaction solution containing a compound represented by the following formula (1), acidifying the reaction solution to obtain an acidified solution, and crystallizing the acidified solution to obtain a 1,3-cyclohexanedione product and an acidified
mother liquor; 2, in the presence of an
organic solvent, enabling the acidified
mother liquor to be in contact with a complexingagent to complex 1,3-cyclohexanedione with the complexing agent, and obtaining an organic phase; 3, making the organic phase obtained in the step 2 contact the reaction solution, adjusting the pH value to 7-14 so as to make the 1,3-cyclohexanedione be dissociated from the complexing agent, and obtaining a water phase; and 4, adjusting the pH value of the water phase obtained in the step 3 to 1.0-2.5, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain the 1,3-cyclohexanedione product. The preparation method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of high purity and high yield of the prepared 1,3-cyclohexanedione.