The invention relates to a method for continuously synthesizing methyl trifluoroethyl
carbonate through three-stage series connection, which comprises the following steps of: reacting
dimethyl carbonate and
chlorine in the presence of an
activated carbon loaded
ferric trichloride catalyst, introducing into a gas-liquid separator after the reaction is ended, separating to obtain reaction feed liquid a and unreacted
chlorine, and returning the unreacted
chlorine to continue the reaction; sufficiently mixing a 50wt%
sodium hydroxide solution, trifluoroethanol and the reaction material liquid a, and then carrying out constant-temperature reaction to obtain a reaction material liquid b;
methanol and the reaction feed liquid b are fully mixed for a reaction, after the reaction is finished, a
reaction product is taken out, a lower-layer methyl trifluoroethyl
carbonate crude product is obtained through separation and then rectified and purified in a rectifying
tower, and finally high-purity methyl trifluoroethyl
carbonate is obtained. Through the design of the micro-channel reactor and the gas-liquid separator, use and
recovery of chlorine are effectively controlled, and the
safety risk is reduced; meanwhile, the separation cost is low, the
energy consumption is reduced, and the high-purity methyl trifluoroethyl carbonate is obtained.