The invention discloses a method for efficiently and recyclably synthesizing 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenyl
phosphine oxide. The method comprises the following steps of a, selecting a
vanadium source and a
molecular sieve as reaction raw materials to prepare a
vanadium molecular sieve catalyst; b, adding 2,4,6-trimethylbenzaldehyde and diphenyl
phosphine oxide into a three-opening
bottle in which
dichloromethane is contained, and stirring at normal temperature to react for 6 hours; c, cooling the three-opening
bottle in a low-temperature water bath to 8 to 10 DEG C, sequentially adding the
vanadium molecular sieve catalyst and tert-butyl hydroperoxide into the three-opening
bottle, stirring to react for 0.5 hour, and continuously stirring at normal temperature for 3 to 5 hours to obtain reaction liquid; and d, filtering the reaction liquid, recycling a vanadium molecular
sieve, treating the obtained filtrate by
aqueous solution of
sodium thiosulfate to remove unreacted
oxide, and performing
post treatment to obtain a TPO (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenyl
phosphine oxide) product. As the vanadium molecular
sieve serves as the catalyst and is matched with the tert-butyl hydroperoxide to prepare the TPO, the yield of the target product is increased, and the catalyst is environment friendly and recyclable.