The invention belongs to the technical field of
organic synthesis, and in particular to a kind of preparation method of 2,3-dimethylphenol. The preparation method of 2,3-dimethylphenol provided by the present invention comprises the following steps: 2,3-
dimethylaniline, inorganic acid and water are subjected to salt-
hydrolysis reaction to obtain crude 2,3-dimethylphenol; The crude 2,3-dimethylphenol is extracted to obtain
oil phase and aqueous phase; The
oil phase is sequentially neutralized, washed and distilled under reduced pressure to obtain the 2,3-dimethylphenol. The preparation method provided by the present invention is direct
hydrolysis of salt under acidic conditions using 2,3-
dimethylaniline as
raw material, and step is simple, safe and efficient, and the
ammonium salt of by-product can be recycled, and
recovery process is relatively simple and
environmentally friendly. Meanwhile, the 2,3-dimethylphenol product synthesized using this method has high purity and stable quality, and has good industrial value.