Disclosed in the present invention is a method for preparing synthetic precursors for
polybrominated biphenyls, which method comprises the following steps: step 1, using 3,5-dibromoaniline as a
raw material, reacting same with N-
bromosuccinimide in an
organic solvent, and purifying the
reaction product, so as to obtain 2,3,4,5-tetrabromoaniline and 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromoaniline; and step 2, separately subjecting the 2,3,4,5-tetrabromoaniline and the 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromoaniline prepared in step 1 to a diazotization reaction by means of an aqueous
sulfuric acid solution and an aqueous
sodium nitrite solution to obtain diazonium salts, and reducing the diazonium salts by means of an aqueous
hypophosphorous acid solution, so as to obtain corresponding tetrabromobenzene or pentabromobenzene. In the present invention, commercially available N-
bromosuccinimide (NBS) is used as a
bromine source, and the
raw material can be completely converted, by means of a one-step reaction, into 2,3,4,5-tetrabromoaniline and 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromoaniline, which can be used as synthetic precursors for
polybrominated biphenyls; therefore, the cost of synthesis is lower, and good economical efficiency and application value are obtained. Moreover, the present invention is simple in terms of synthesis steps, the products are easy to separate and purify, and the
chemical purity of the obtained products reaches 99% or higher.