The invention discloses preparation of substituted saturated
hydrocarbon and particularly relates to a synthesizing method of 2-
nitropropane. The 2-
nitropropane is prepared by oxidizing isohydrazone. The synthesizing method includes the steps of S1, condensing
acetone, water and
ammonia in the presence of a catalyst to generate ketimine, wherein the
mass ratio of the
acetone to the water is 1:(1-5), and the use amount of the catalyst is 5-11% of the use amount of the
acetone; S2, oxidizing the ketimine obtained in the step S1 to form the isohydrazone, wherein
reaction system temperature is 30-60 DEG C and heat-preservation reaction time is 0.5-3 hours; S3, oxidizing the isohydrazone obtained in the step S2 to form the 2-
nitropropane, wherein
reaction system temperature is 50-80 DEG C and heat-preservation reaction time is 0.5-3 hours; rectifying obtained
primary reaction liquid to obtain qualified 2-nitropropane products. The synthesizing method has the advantages that the acetone, the
ammonia and the water are used as the initial raw materials, and the method is mild in catalytic oxidizing reaction condition, simple in process, convenient to operate, suitable for large-batch 2-nitropropane production, simple in post-
processing and high in product purity and does not coproduce
acetone oxime or acetone
azine.