The invention discloses a method for producing o-methyl
hydroquinone from o-methyl p-
benzoquinone through reduction of a
sulfur series
reducing agent. The method comprises the following steps: addingwater in an o-methyl-p-
benzoquinone extracting solution, introducing in the
sulfur series
reducing agent, stirring for reacting, and sampling and analyzing until no o-methyl-p-
benzoquinone exists in asystem, i.e., reaching a reaction endpoint; standing the solution, and extracting, thus obtaining an o-methyl
hydroquinone extracting solution; extracting a
mixed solution generated through reductionreaction, thus obtaining an extracting solution; adding water in the extracting solution, and removing an extracting agent by carrying out decompression and desolventization, thus obtaining an o-methyl
hydroquinone water solution; then carrying out decoloration, vacuum concentration, cooling and crystallizing, and
drying, thus obtaining an o-methyl hydroquinone product. Compared with a traditional
iron powder reduction technology, the method disclosed by the invention is moderate in
reaction conditions, is efficient and energy-saving, is clean and
environmentally friendly and has high conversion rate and good product quality; meanwhile, compared with
palladium carbon
catalytic hydrogenation, the method is short in reaction time, low in input cost and small in product loss, a
reaction product-
sulfuric acid can be used as a
raw material for preparing o-methyl p-benzoquinone through an
aniline method, and the method is more economic.