The invention belongs to the technical field of preparation of
sorbic acid, and particularly relates to a method for preparing
sorbic acid through photo-efficient catalytic
isomerization, and the method comprises the following steps: (1) putting
sorbic acid polyester into a reaction kettle, adding deionized water, turning on a
light source, putting a
solid base catalyst, stirring and heating to react; (2) after the reaction is finished, filtering while hot to obtain a sorbic acid
aqueous solution; (3) cooling, crystallizing, washing and
drying to obtain the sorbic acid, wherein the
solid basecatalyst is supported anion exchange resin, macroporous anion resin is taken as a carrier, EDTA (
Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid) is taken as a complexing medium,
palladium,
platinum,
zinc or copperions are supported, and the loading capacity is 0.1-1wt%. According to the method, the
photocatalysis technology is simple and convenient to operate and
environmentally friendly, the adopted supported
ion exchange resin is high in
alkalinity and short in catalytic reaction time, the production efficiency is improved, meanwhile, the supported
metal ions and a
light source have a synergistic
promotion effect on
isomerization, and the amount of byproduct
tar can be further reduced.