The invention discloses a synthetic method of thiophene-3-ethanol. The method comprises the following steps of: adding a halogenated hydrocarbon solvent and ethylene glycol into a reaction kettle, dropwise adding thionyl chloride and preserving heat for reacting; separating liquid and extracting to obtain an organic phase containing a substance shown in the specifications; adding a ruthenium trichloride aqueous solution and a sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution in the presence of the halogenated hydrocarbon solvent and dropwise adding a sodium hypochlorite aqueous solution; after detecting that a system does not have oxidizing property, performing liquid separation, concentration, devitrification and drying to obtain a substance shown in the specifications, adding an ester solvent and butyl lithium into a reaction kettle, adding a prepared ester solution of tribromothiofuran and a prepared ester solution of the substance, separating the liquid and extracting to obtain a system containing a substance shown in the specifications; and adding a dilute sulfuric acid into the system containing the substance shown in the specifications, concentrating, neutralizing, extracting and concentrating to obtain an end product. The method has the advantages of high reaction purity and yield, stable process condition, easiness for operation and mass production capability; and the thiophene-3-ethanol is prepared from tribromothiofuran by performing low-temperature lithiation, so that the use of epoxy ethane serving as an explosive hazard is avoided, and mass production becomes possible.