The invention belongs to the technical field of synthesis of 4-hydroxy-6-chloroquinoline, and particularly relates to a novel process for synthesizing 4-hydroxy-6-chloroquinoline. The process comprises the following steps: S1, cleaning a first reaction container,
drying and cooling the container to
room temperature, adding parachloroaniline and 5-(methoxymethylene)-2, 2-dimethyl-1, 3-dioxo-4, 6-
diketone into an
ethanol solution with a certain concentration according to a
molar ratio of (0.1-1):(0.1-1), performing slow stirring, and performing reacting for 4-6 hours until the reaction is finished; S2, carrying out suction
filtration on the
reaction product to obtain 80-95% A; S3, adding a certain amount of
diphenyl ether-
biphenyl eutectic into a second reaction container, heating the container to 240-260 DEG C, adding the product A, performing stirring,performing reacting for 5-10 minutes, and performing cooling to
room temperature; and S4, carrying out suction
filtration on a product obtained in the S3 in
petroleum ether to obtain 80-90% 4-hydroxy-6-chloroquinoline, and performing
drying to obtain a 4-hydroxy-6-chloroquinoline product. According to the method disclosed by the invention, spin-
drying is changed into suction
filtration, so that a
solid product with very high purity can be obtained, and the time is also saved; and in addition, the
diphenyl ether-
biphenyl eutectic is used as the
solvent, so that time, manpower and
material resources can be saved.