The invention relates to the technical field of perfume synthesis, in particular to an efficient
hydrolysis process in perfume synthesis, which comprises the following steps: mixing
ethyl lactate, ethyl 3-chloropropionate and
ethanol, and reacting under the conditions of
metal sodium and heating
reflux; after the reaction is finished, distilling off the
ethanol under reduced pressure, neutralizing the residual reaction liquid with dilute sulphuric acid, extracting with an
organic solvent, separating the liquid to obtain an organic phase, and concentrating the organic phase under reduced pressure to obtain a 2-methyl-4-methyl ester
tetrahydrofuran-3-
ketone crude product; the method comprises the following steps: heating a 2-methyl-4-methyl ester
tetrahydrofuran-3-
ketone crude product under the
catalysis of cationic resin to hydrolyze, filtering out the cationic resin, extracting with an
organic solvent, separating liquid to obtain an organic phase, concentrating under reduced pressure, and rectifying to obtain breadone. According to the method for synthesizing breadone, use of a large amount of
acid water is avoided, output of a large amount of waste acid is avoided, the process is more
environmentally friendly, meanwhile, the yield is high, the steps are simple, and the industrial production prospect is wide.