The invention belongs to the technical field of chemicals, and discloses a synthesis method of dithioerythritol, which comprises the following steps: S1, mixing cis-1, 4-dichloro-2-
butene,
acetone and water, cooling to below zero, adding
potassium permanganate, keeping the temperature to react for a certain time after the
potassium permanganate is added, filtering and collecting filtrate, then extracting, collecting extract liquor, evaporating, cooling and crystallizing to obtain dithioerythritol; filtering and collecting solids, and
drying to obtain 1, 4-dichloro-2, 3-
butanediol; and S2, mixing 1, 4-dichloro-2, 3-
butanediol,
sodium hydrosulfide and
methanol, carrying out a
reflux reaction, filtering, evaporating
methanol, adding
dichloromethane, adding
magnesium sulfate, dehydrating, freezing, crystallizing, filtering, collecting a
solid, and
drying to obtain the dithioerythritol. The method has the beneficial effects that substances such as cis-1, 4-dichloro-2-
butene,
sodium hydrosulfide and
potassium permanganate are adopted as raw materials, the price is low, the raw materials are easy to obtain, the process is simple, the yield is high, and compared with an existing method, the scheme has the advantages that the
raw material cost is greatly reduced, the product yield is increased, and the method is suitable for enterprise production.