The invention relates to the field of
organic synthesis, and discloses a synthesis method of p-hydroxyphenylethanol, which comprises the following steps: (1) mixing
methanol,
sodium methoxide and a catalyst, and performing stirring; (2) adding 4-chlorophenethyl
alcohol, and carrying out a heating reaction; (3) cooling to
room temperature, carrying out filtering, and
drying by
distillation to obtain a 4-methoxyphenethyl
alcohol crude product; (4) adding the crude product into a
solvent, and performing stirring; (5) dropwise adding
hydrobromic acid, carrying out heating
reflux, and carrying outa heat preservation reaction until the reaction is finished; (6) cooling to 55-65 DEG C, slowly adding an alkaline solution, and adjusting the pH value to 6-7; and (7) cooling to 8-12 DEG C, stirringfor 0.5-1.5h, filtering the material to obtain a wet
filter cake, adding a
solvent, heating for
dissolution, separating water, and carrying out recrystallizing, filtering, and spin-
drying to obtain the final product. The product purity can reach 99% or more, the yield can reach 90% or more, and the whole synthesis process has the advantages of simple and mild
reaction conditions, simple post-treatment, and low cost.