The invention discloses a novel binuclear chiral catalyst for preparing S-
epichlorohydrin with high optical purity as well as a synthesis method and an application method of the novel binuclear chiral catalyst. The molecular formula of the catalyst is [Co2L (Y) 2]. NH2O, L is a Salen
tetradentate ligand formed by condensation of (R, R)-1, 2-cyclohexanediamine, 3-tert-butyl-2, 5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and 4-oxa-1, 7-
pimelic acid, and Y is a
sulfonate radical or an acetate radical. The preparation method comprises the following steps: carrying out acidic
hydrolysis on 2-cyanoethyl
ether to obtain 4-oxa-1, 7-
pimelic acid; 2-tert-butylhydroquinone is subjected to protection,
formylation and deprotection, and
benzaldehyde is prepared; carrying out condensation on the
Salen ligand and (R, R)-1, 2-cyclohexanediamine to generate dialdehyde, and cyclizing the dialdehyde with (R, R)-1, 2-cyclohexanediamine to obtain a
Salen ligand; and finally, complexing with
cobalt acetate and acid under
nitrogen to separate out a catalyst
crystal. When the catalyst is used for
epoxy chloropropane water-
phase resolution and gas-phase detection, the reaction is terminated when ee is greater than or equal to 99.5%, the catalyst is directly filtered and recovered, the S-
epoxy chloropropane is obtained through reduced pressure
distillation, the ee is still greater than or equal to 99.0% after the catalyst is circulated for five times, and the
recovery rate is greater than or equal to 92%.