The application discloses a preparation method of 1,2-propylenediamine, which comprises the following steps: (1) 2-phenyl-5-methyl-2-
oxazoline, ZIF-8 catalyst and
liquid ammonia are added into a high-pressure reaction kettle, and after temperature rising, stirring and
filtration, benzoyl 1,2-propylenediamine is obtained; (2) the benzoyl 1,2-propylenediamine obtained in the step (1),
methanol and an
alkali metal catalyst are added into an
atmospheric pressure reaction kettle with a
reflux device, after temperature rising and stirring,
sulfuric acid is added to neutralize the
alkali metal catalyst, after
neutralization, the mixture is filtered, and the filtrate is subjected to
distillation to obtain a mixture of
methyl benzoate and 1,2-propylenediamine; (3) the mixture obtained in the step (2) is separated by rectification to obtain 1,2-propylenediamine products. The preparation method can reduce the production cost, the process condition is relatively mild,
hydrogen is not needed to participate in the
amination reaction, the
process safety is higher, the
raw material conversion rate is high, close to 100% conversion, the synthesis yield is higher than 90%, the preparation process is efficient and safe.