The invention discloses a synthesis method of
dihydrocapsaicin, which comprises the following steps: taking terminal halogenated
fatty alcohol as an initial
raw material, and protecting hydroxyl of the terminal halogenated
fatty alcohol to obtain a hydroxyl-protected intermediate; carrying out
coupling reaction on the hydroxyl protected intermediate and a
Grignard reagent derived from halogenated
hydrocarbon under the
catalysis of a
copper-based Lewis acid catalyst; or carrying out
coupling reaction on the
Grignard reagent derived from the hydroxyl protected intermediate and halogenated
hydrocarbon under the
catalysis of a
copper-based Lewis acid catalyst to obtain 8-methyl nonanol, oxidizing the 8-methylnonanol into 8-methylnonanoic acid; the method comprises the following steps: reacting 8-methylnonanoic acid with an activating agent, and then reacting with
vanillin amine to obtain
dihydrocapsaicin. According to the present invention, the cheap and easily available bulk chemical product terminal halogenated
fatty alcohol is adopted as the
raw material, the high yield and high purity synthesis of the
dihydrocapsaicin is successfully achieved through the conventional
chemical reaction with characteristics of mild condition and simple operation, and the whole process has characteristics of strong practicality, low production cost and significant
market competition advantage.