The invention relates to a reactive distillation method and device for 4EMD (4-ethyl-2-methyl-1,3-dioxolame) production. A reactive distillation tower comprises a distillation section and a reactive distillation section, wherein a 1,2-butanediol feed port is formed in the top of the reactive distillation section, acetaldehyde is fed into tower bottom, a reaction product is produced from tower top and enters an acetaldehyde recovery tower for acetaldehyde separation, a 4EMD and water mixture after acetaldehyde separation enters a distillation tower through a tower top phase splitter or one tower plate of the 4EMD distillation tower, by means of the tower top phase splitter, an organic phase flows back, an aqueous phase is produced, and a 4EMD product is obtained from the tower bottom. The method and the device have the advantages that the reaction and the separation coupling are performed in the same equipment simultaneously, so that the equipment investment can be saved, energy consumption can be reduced, the forward reaction is promoted, and a high reaction conversion rate is acquired. By means of the phase splitter arranged at the tower top, water can be removed very well, the 4EMD product with high purity is obtained, and meanwhile, the high recovery rate of the 4EMD product can be guaranteed.