The invention is suitable for the technical field of
organic synthesis, and provides a 4-(4-phenylbutoxy)
methyl benzoate synthesis method, which comprises the following steps: S1, adding methyl parahydroxybenzoate and 1-bromo-3-chloropropane into a
solvent, adding inorganic alkali in batches, then carrying out a heat preservation reaction, and after the reaction is finished, carrying out reduced pressure
distillation to obtain 4-(4-phenylbutoxy)
methyl benzoate; recovering the
solvent, adding water for
quenching, extracting with methylbenzene, washing with water to obtain a 4-(3-chloropropoxy)
methyl benzoate methylbenzene solution, and then directly entering the next procedure; and S2, under the protection of
nitrogen, mixing the 4-(3-chloropropoxy) methyl benzoate
toluene solution, phenethyl
boric acid, a catalyst, alkali and a
solvent for reaction, and performing
coupling to obtain the 4-(4-phenylbutoxy) methyl benzoate. According to the method,
palladium is used for catalyzing
coupling,
Grignard reaction and Friedel-Crafts reaction are avoided, blue-green
copper ion waste water is avoided, a large amount of acid waste water generated by using
aluminum trichloride is also avoided, the method is
environmentally friendly, the synthesis
route is simple, the yield of each step is high, and the preparation cost of the p-phenylbutoxybenzoic acid is reduced.