The invention discloses an industrial production method of 2, 5-dimethyl-2, 5-hexanediol, which belongs to the technical field of
chemical engineering, and comprises the following steps: adding
acetylene and
acetone as raw materials and a catalyst into a
solvent, carrying out ethynylation
condensation reaction to prepare hexynediol, and then separating by alkali liquor, neutralizing an organic phase, evaporating and recycling the
solvent, washing with water, concentrating, centrifuging and vaporizing to obtain 2, 5-dimethyl-2, 5-hexanediol. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly, preparing 2, 5-dimethyl-3-
hexyne-2, 5-
diol, and finally, preparing 2, 5-dimethyl-3-
hexyne-2, 5-
diol, and selecting one of
cyclohexane,
methyl cyclohexane, methyl tert-butyl
ether and ethyl tert-butyl
ether as a
solvent for the ethynylation
condensation reaction; according to the method, the problems that the
viscosity of a suspension liquid in the ethynylation
condensation reaction process in 2, 5-dimethyl-2, 5-
diol production is high, reaction heat is not easy to exchange, and the reaction effect is influenced are solved, and the problems that a traditional solvent is toxic to human and pollutes the environment, and safety and
environmental protection risks and management cost are high in production are also solved.