The invention discloses a synthetic method of a cyanobenzofuran compound. The synthetic method comprises the following steps: taking a
benzofuran-2-
ketone compound as a reaction initiator, taking ethyl
alcohol as a
solvent, slowly adding a
reducing agent NaBH4 under a condition of 0 DEG C, then carrying out stirring for a reaction at
room temperature, adding water for
quenching, extracting the product by using
ethyl acetate, then carrying out washing with saturated
salt water, collecting the
organic layer, carrying out
drying and concentrating, carrying out
column chromatography or thin-layerchromatography to obtain an intermediate
benzofuran-2-ol, taking the
benzofuran-2-ol as a
raw material, AlCl3 as an additive, and
benzene as a
solvent to carrying out stirring for a reaction for 2 hours at 60 DEG C in a
nitrogen environment, adding water for
quenching, extracting the obtained product by using
ethyl acetate, collecting the
organic layer, carrying out
drying and concentrating, and carrying out
column chromatography or thin-layer
chromatographic separation purification to obtain the target product. The synthesis reaction is simple to operate, the adopted reagents are cheap and are easily available, the
reaction system is mild, the conditions are simple, the yield is good, and the method has relatively good popularization and application values.