The invention discloses a method for synthesizing alpha-bromoketone and coproducing bromohydrocarbon. The technical scheme comprises the following steps of: adding arylalkyl
ketone compounds,
alcohol or
epoxy compounds and water into a flask first; dripping
bromine into the flask slowly under the conditions of stirring and heating; performing a bromo-reaction on the
bromine and the
ketone compounds to obtain alpha-bromoketone and
bromine hydride; dissolving the bromine
hydride in the water to form
hydrobromic acid; performing a reaction on the
hydrobromic acid and the
alcohol or
epoxy compounds to obtain bromohydrocarbon
ketone compounds; after the reaction is completed, performing
steam distillation to obtain a
raffinate serving as an alpha-bromoketone crude product after
distillation; cooling for separating crystals out; washing and
drying the crystals to obtain an alpha-bromoarylalkyl ketone product; separating an aqueous layer from a distillate serving as a bromohydrocarbon crude product; washing an
organic layer until the
organic layer is neutral;
drying by using
anhydrous calcium chloride; and distilling to obtain a bromohydrocarbon product. In the method, the water is takenas a
solvent, and the bromohydrocarbon is coproduced while the alpha-bromoketone compounds are synthesized; and the gross products of the reaction are the alpha-bromoketone, the bromohydrocarbon and the water, so the method has the characteristics that: the high atom
utilization rate of the reaction is high, the generation or the discharging of noxious substances such as bromine
hydride gas, strong acid waste water and the like is avoided, and the effects of
environmental protection,
energy conservation and reduction emission are achieved.