The invention discloses a preparation method and a detection method of
hinokitiol, and belongs to the technical field of synthesis of medical intermediates, the preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, carrying out a reaction on
cyclopentadiene, ethyl
magnesium bromide and
isopropyl p-toluenesulfonate to obtain
cyclopentadiene; the preparation method comprises the following steps: carrying out an
addition reaction on 1-
isopropyl cyclopentadiene and dichloroacetyl
chloride in a
solvent to prepare 7, 7-dichloro-3-
isopropyl-bicyclo [3, 2, 0] hept-2-ene-6-one, and carrying out a reaction on the 7, 7-dichloro-3-isopropyl-bicyclo [3, 2, 0] hept-2-ene-6-one and 1-isopropyl cyclopentadiene in the
solvent to prepare 7, 7-dichloro-3-isopropyl-bicyclo [3, 2, 0] hept-2-ene-6-one; s3, the 7, 7-dichloro-3-isopropyl-bicyclo [3, 2, 0] hept-2-ene-6-
ketone, a
mixed solution containing tert-butyl
alcohol,
acetic acid and water and
triethylamine are subjected to a ring expansion reaction, and a crude product of
hinokitiol is prepared; and S4, carrying out alkali extraction and acid
precipitation on the
hinokitiol crude product, and recrystallizing to obtain hinokitiol. The method greatly simplifies the post-treatment process, has the advantages of low cost, high purity, high yield and the like, and is suitable for large-scale industrial production.