The invention provides a preparation method of monomenthyl ester, and mint cigarette paper and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method of monomenthyl ester comprises the following steps:dispersing
menthol, non-volatile
organic acid anhydride and 4-dimethylaminopyridine in an
organic solvent, performing
reflux, cooling, filtering and extraction via an aqueous
sodium carbonate solutionsuccessively, then carrying out separating, and successively performing extraction via
ethyl acetate, concentrating and reduced-pressure
distillation to obtain the monomenthyl ester. During production of cigarette paper, an
ethanol solution of the monomenthyl ester is used for uniformly dip-
coating of the cigarette paper via a
coating machine, and then the cigarette paper is dried by a low-temperature
drying cylinder, so the monomenthyl ester and the cigarette paper can be tightly combined together, the monomenthyl ester is uniform in distribution and stable in properties. Menthyl ester compounds can be cracked to generate
menthol at a low
combustion temperature, so that the generation of non-target substances caused by high temperature is reduced, and the mobility of
menthol into mainstream
smoke is improved; and the generation of harmful components can be reduced under an
oxygen-enriched
combustion condition, and the release of the menthol is relatively uniform and stable, so the cooling feeling of the mint is consistent all the time when a prepared cigarette is smoked.