The invention discloses a method for utilizing dilute sulphuric acid to catalyze and hydrolyze alpha,alpha'-dicyano-1,1-cyclohexanediacetamide to prepare 1,1-cyclohexanediacetic acid, comprising the steps of 1) adding dilute sulphuric acid
aqueous solution with the
mass concentration being between 2% and 20% and alpha,alpha'-dicyano-1,1-cyclohexanediacetamide into a high-
pressure reactor, wherein the weight ratio between dilute sulphuric acid
aqueous solution and alpha,alpha'-dicyano-1,1-cyclohexanediacetamide is 4:1 to 20:1; stirring and heating up to boiling under
atmospheric pressure, then exhausting for 2 to 5 minutes; 2) heating up the reacting solution to 150-250 DEG C, then hydrolyzing for 10 to 120 minutes; 3) filtering to obtain
filter cake after the cooling and standing of the reacting solution; 4) dissolving the
filter cake hot
ethanol aqueous solution and filtering while hot; and 5) crystallizing after cooling of the filtrate, filtering, washing and
vacuum drying to obtain the product 1,1-cyclohexanediacetic acid. The method utilizes dilute sulphuric acid to hydrolyze in the
hydrolytic process, thus reducing environment
pollution, and greatly reducing the dosage of sulphuric acid and
corrosion degree to apparatus; and the invention is characterized by simple reacting process, high products yield and purity, and highly improved
greening degree in the production process.