The invention discloses a 4-nitrobenzoate compound as well as preparation and application thereof. The method comprises the following steps: taking
aniline as an initial
raw material, obtaining a phenyl diazonium salt intermediate through diazotization of a
sodium nitrite /
hydrochloric acid system, further reacting the phenyl diazonium salt intermediate with
biphenyl-2-
phenol to obtain a 5-(phenylazo)-[1, 1 '-
biphenyl]-2-
phenol intermediate, and reacting the 5-(phenylazo)-[1, 1'-
biphenyl]-2-
phenol intermediate with p-nitrobenzoyl
halide under the combined action of a catalyst and alkali to obtain the 5-(phenylazo)-[1, 1 '-biphenyl]-2-phenol. The invention relates to 1, 1 '-biphenyl]-2-yl 4-nitrobenzoate. The 5-(phenylazo)-[1, 1 '-biphenyl]-2-yl 4-nitrobenzoate can be subjected to
catalytic hydrogenation reduction in the presence of a
nickel catalyst to obtain a
polyimide monomer diamine compound 5-amino-[1, 1'-biphenyl]-2-yl 4-aminobenzoate. The method is simple and convenient to operate, mild in process condition, small in
pollution, high in synthesis efficiency, good in product purity and suitable for industrial large-scale production.