The invention relates to a novel process for synthesizing p-
xylene glycol
dimethyl ether. The synthesis method takes hydrochinone and
dimethyl sulfate as raw materials, and obtains the product through substitution inside an alkaline medium. Moreover, the synthesis method has the technological characteristics that by means of the principle of equilibrium shifting, the product is moved out of a
reaction system during reaction, thereby accelerating reaction and ensuring complete reaction; in the prior synthesis process, the auxiliary
raw material dimethyl sulfate no longer participates in reaction when reacted to generate monomethyl
sodium sulfate, and the theoretical
utilization rate of
dimethyl sulfate is only 50 percent; therefore, the method greatly increases the
utilization rate of dimethyl
sulfate, and reduces the consumption of dimethyl
sulfate by 40 percent; meanwhile, reaction yield is also increased to a certain extent; moreover, because the process makes use of the special characteristics of
azeotropic distillation of the product and water, the product obtained during reaction can be moved out in time, while the reaction raw materials and
intermediate product para hydroxyanisole are stored in a reactor in the form of
sodium salts in the alkaline medium and do not enter the product when distilled out along with
water vapor; therefore, the product has extremely high purity and can be obtained without adopting the prior
alcohol refining; and the novel process ensures greatly simplified production process, higher production safety, lower production cost and labor intensity and better
operating environment for workers, thereby having significant social benefit and economic benefit.