The invention discloses a preparation method of chemical intermediate
benzocaine. The preparation method of the chemical intermediate
benzocaine comprises the steps: S1, adding 4-
nitrobenzoic acid, absolute
ethanol, a
solid catalyst and a water-carrying agent into a reaction container with a water segregator and performing hot
reflux for 1 to 6 hours, wherein the
solid catalyst takes
magnesium aluminum
hydrotalcite as a precursor and modified nanometer
bentonite as a carrier, the weight of the precursor is 25 to 45 percent that of the carrier, and the
solid catalyst is prepared by
grinding and mixing the precursor and the carrier uniformly and calcining at 500 to 700 DEG C for 2 to 4 hours; S2, discharging water out of the water segregator, replenishing the absolute
ethanol and continuously performing
reflux and water segregation until no water drops occur; S3, after the reaction is finished, filtering when the reaction liquid is hot and putting the filtrate into a hydrogenation kettle to perform
hydrogenation reaction; S4, after the hydrogenation is finished, performing heat
filtration to remove the catalyst from the
system, cooling and filtering under the protection of
nitrogen, and
drying to obtain the chemical intermediate
benzocaine. The preparation method of the benzocaine, provided by the invention, is high in conversion rate; the solid catalyst has high
catalytic efficiency and can be repeatedly used, and the
catalytic efficiency is not obviously reduced after the catalyst is repeatedly used for 50 times.