The invention discloses a synthesis method of piperonone, and relates to the technical field of flavors, fragrances and
chemical engineering, and the synthesis method comprises the following steps: taking
acrylate as a
raw material, and carrying out Michael
addition reaction with isobutene under the action of Lewis acid to obtain 5-methyl-5-hexenoic acid
ethyl ester; the preparation method comprises the following steps: carrying out
nucleophilic substitution reaction on ethyl 5-methyl-5-hexenoate and bromoisopropane under the action of a basic catalyst to obtain ethyl 5-methyl-2-
isopropyl-5-hexenoate; carrying out self Friedel-Crafts
acylation reaction on the 5-methyl-2-
isopropyl-5-hexenoic acid
ethyl ester under the action of Lewis acid, so as to obtain 5-methyl-2-
isopropyl-5-chloro
cyclohexanone; and carrying out
elimination reaction on the 5-methyl-2-isopropyl-5-chlorocyclohexanone under the action of alkali to obtain the product piperonone. According to the synthetic
route, conventional chemical reagents are used as raw materials,
reaction conditions are mild, emission of three wastes is reduced to a great extent, and the synthetic
route is more
environmentally friendly and suitable for continuous industrial production.