The invention relates to the field of
chemical synthesis, in particular to a novel method for synthesizing beta-ethylthiobutyraldehyde, which comprises the following steps: S1, adding an
anhydrous polar aprotic
solvent which is dried by a 4A
molecular sieve and subjected to
nitrogen bubbling for 30 minutes to remove
oxygen into a reactor provided with an external circulation cooling
system under the conditions that the illumination intensity is less than or equal to 50
lux in an amber glass reactor, and reacting for 1-2 hours at the temperature of 20-30 DEG C; the
water content of the
anhydrous polar aprotic
solvent is less than or equal to 0.01%, the
oxygen content of the
anhydrous polar aprotic
solvent is less than 5ppm,
tetrahydrofuran,
diethyl ether or methyl tert-butyl
ether is selected as the solvent, the use amount of the solvent is 4 times of the
mass of
ethanethiol,
ethanethiol with the purity of more than or equal to 99% and
crotonaldehyde are added according to the
molar ratio of 1: (1.05-1.2), high-purity
nitrogen is introduced for replacement three times, the
nitrogen micro-
positive pressure is maintained in the whole process, and the temperature is controlled to be less than or equal to 10 DEG C through external circulation. According to the method, production can be performed in a low-temperature environment,
triethylamine serving as a catalyst is not needed, so that unit consumption is lower, and the synthesized beta-ethylthiobutyraldehyde is more stable, less in
decomposition and higher in yield and content due to low synthesis temperature.