The invention belongs to the technical field of
organic synthesis, and particularly discloses a method for synthesizing
neroli through 4-methyl-4-[(3-methylbutyl-3-
alkene-1-yl) oxy]-2-(2-methylpropyl-1-
alkene-1-yl) oxacyclohexane. The method comprises the following steps: taking 4-methyl-4-[(3-methylbutyl-3-
alkene-1-yl) oxy]-2-(2-methylpropyl-1-alkene-1-yl) oxacyclohexane as a
raw material; comprising the following steps: uniformly mixing 4-methyl-4-[(3-methylbutyl-3-alkene-1-yl) oxy]-2-(2-methylpropyl-1-alkene-1-yl) oxacyclohexane with a
solvent, preheating, pumping the mixture into a
fixed bed reactor filled with a SO42-Fe2O3-La2O3 / SBA-15
solid acid catalyst at a certain flow rate, reacting for a period of time at a certain
temperature and pressure, filtering, washing, and
drying to obtain the 4-methyl-4-[(3-methylbutyl-3-alkene-1-yl) oxy]-2-(2-methylpropyl-1-alkene-1-yl) oxacyclohexane. After the reaction, cooling through a condenser to obtain a reaction crude product, and rectifying the crude product to obtain a
neroli ether product and an
isopentenol byproduct; the synthesis method disclosed by the invention is relatively mild in reaction condition, high in
reaction speed and high in production efficiency, no
wastewater is generated in reaction post-treatment, the
solvent and the catalyst can be recycled for the next batch after being recycled, the production cost is greatly reduced, and industrial production is easy to realize. Meanwhile, by-products are utilized, and the production cost of nerolin is reduced.