The present invention relates to the technical field of
drug synthesis, and in particular to a method for synthesizing 2,2-dimethylpentanedioic acid. The method comprises the following steps: (1) uniformly mixing
isobutyraldehyde,
acrylonitrile, and
tetrahydrofuran, cooling the mixture to 0-5°C, dropwise adding a
sodium hydroxide aqueous solution, then carrying out a reaction while maintaining the temperature, heating to 50-55°C for a reaction, and separating a cyanoaldehyde intermediate; (2) uniformly mixing the cyanoaldehyde intermediate, water, and
potassium dihydrogen
phosphate, cooling the mixture to 0-5°C, and adding
hydrogen peroxide; and dropwise adding a
sodium chlorite aqueous solution, then heating to 23-28°C, carrying out a reaction while maintaining the temperature, dropwise adding a
sodium bisulfite aqueous solution to quench the reaction, and separating a cyanic acid intermediate; and (3) uniformly mixing the cyanic acid intermediate with
sulfuric acid, heating the mixture to 95-100°C while stirring, carrying out a reaction while maintaining the temperature, cooling to
room temperature, and separating a crude 2,2-dimethylpentanedioic acid product; and adding
cyclohexane for
crystallization to obtain a product. The synthesis
route of the present invention is simple and novel, the raw materials used have low prices, the synthesis method is simple and convenient to operate, and the product yield is relatively high.