The invention discloses a synthesis method of cephanolide C. The method comprises the steps of taking commercially available 5-bromine-2-methylanisole as a synthesis raw material, performing Ei-ichi Negishi reaction, methoxy contraposition halogenation, and lithium diisopropylamide formylation reaction, allowing a product and 3-pentene-2-ketone to give Robinson cyclization reaction, performing Luche reduction, hydrolysis and esterification reaction to form a lactone compound, performing acid treatment after diisobutyl aluminum hydride reduction to form a Heck reaction precursor, performing palladium catalyzed carbonyl esterification coupling reaction, esterification and carbonyl reduction, then performing sequential oxidation, eemethylation and hydroxyl protection by trifluoromethylsulfonyl via 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyan para-quinone and pyridinium chlorochromate, and performing palladium catalyzed removal to achieve chemical synthesis of cephanolide C for the first time. The method has the advantages of concise and efficient synthesis route, easiness and simplicity in operation, low cost and the like, is applicable to massive synthesis of cephanolide C and provides an important material basis for bioactivity evaluation of a natural product, namely cephanolide C.