The invention discloses a
naphthalene sulfonating method for coproducing 1-naphthol and 2-naphthol. The
naphthalene sulfonating method comprises the following steps: directly neutralizing after carrying out sulfonating reaction: adding a
sodium sulfite solution of which the concentration is 12 percent into a neutralizing kettle, then adding a
naphthalene sulfonic acid molten material, reacting byregulating PH (Potential of
Hydrogen) to be 1 to 2, heating the solution to be 105 DEG C, keeping warm for 15 minutes, and regulating the PH of the neutralizing kettle to be 7 to 8 after completing reaction; after neutralizing, sequentially carrying out naphthalene blowing, cooling
crystallization, filtering, alkaline fusion, diluting, acidifying, boiling and stratifying,
dewatering and
drying and
distillation separation, thus generating 1-naphthol and 2-naphthol. According to the naphthalene sulfonating method disclosed by the invention, a 1-naphthalene
sulfonic acid isomer in a sulfonatingproduct does not need to be removed, 1-naphthol and 2-naphthol are simultaneously obtained through co-production, and the yield and the purity of 1-naphthol and 2-naphthol are effectively increased through specific production steps; a
hydrolysis step is omitted, generation of
wastewater during production is reduced, a production technology is simplified, and the production cost is reduced.