The invention discloses a method for chemically synthesising 
gastrodin, comprising the following steps of: in the presence of a 
molecular sieve, under the 
catalysis of Lewis acid, and performing 
glycosylation reaction on pent-acetyl-b-D-glucose and p-
cresol in an 
organic solvent with to generate 4-methylphenyl-2,3,4,6-O-
tetra-acetyl-b-D-glucopyranoside; then preparing 4-halomethylphenyl-2,3,4,6-O-
tetra-acetyl-b-D-glucopyranoside from 4-methylphenyl-2,3,4,6-O-
tetra-acetyl-b-D-glucopyranoside and N-halosuccinimide in the presence of an initiator, and then reacting 4-halomethylphenyl-2,3,4,6-O-tetra-acetyl-b-D-glucopyranoside with the 
mixed solution of glacial 
acetic acid and 
tertiary amine to obtain 4-acetoxylmethylphenyl-2,3,4,6-O-tetra-acetyl-b-D-glucopyranoside; and finally removing the acetyl 
protecting group from the 4-acetoxylmethylphenyl-2,3,4,6-O-tetra-acetyl-b-D-glucopyranoside in an alkaline condition to obtain 
gastrodin. Compared with the traditional method, the method disclosed by the invention has easily available raw materials, and is short in reaction time, capable of preparing the 
reaction product in each step via recrystallization, simple, and more suitable for industrialized production for 
gastrodin.