The invention discloses a method for extracting o-
isopropyl phenol and 2-ethyl-6-
cresol, which comprises the following steps: adding a 2, 4 / 2, 5-
xylenol mixture containing o-
isopropyl phenol and 2-ethyl-6-
cresol, a catalyst and diisobutylene into a reactor for reaction; the method comprises the following steps of: sampling and analyzing to be qualified, filtering, carrying out low-vacuum reduced pressure
distillation on filtrate to obtain diisobutylene and the previous component for mechanical application, and then carrying out improved vacuum reduced pressure
distillation to sequentially obtain 99% of 2, 5-
xylenol, 99% of 6-isooctyl-2, 4-
xylenol and 99% of 4-isooctyl-2-ethyl-6-
cresol and a kettle residue of 4, 6-diisooctyl-2-
isopropyl phenol; the method comprises the following steps: respectively decomposing 2, 4-isooctyl-2-ethyl-6-cresol and 4, 6-di-tert-butyl-2-isopropyl phenol under the
catalysis of acid to obtain crude 2-ethyl-6-cresol and o-isopropyl phenol, mechanically applying corresponding diisobutylene obtained by
decomposition to next reaction, and rectifying again to obtain 99% 2-ethyl-6-cresol and o-isopropyl phenol; the 2, 4 / 2, 5-xylenol contains cresol, m-p-cresol, m-p-
ethyl phenol and other cresol, so that the influence on separation and extraction of o-isopropyl phenol and the like is small, and the process practicability is high.