This invention relates to the field of organic
chemical synthesis technology, specifically to a method for synthesizing
oxime ester-type
photoacid-producing compounds. The method includes: etherifying
phenol with 1,3-dihalopropane in an alkaline environment and an
organic solvent, followed by post-treatment to obtain 1,3-diphenoxypropane; then, in an
organic solvent, reacting it with a trifluoroacetylation
reagent under
Lewis acid catalysis to undergo a Friedel-Crafts
acylation reaction, followed by
quenching and post-treatment to obtain a bis(trifluoroacetyl) product; oximating the bis(trifluoroacetyl) product with an oximeation
reagent in an
organic solvent, followed by post-treatment to obtain a bis(
oxime) product; and then subjecting the obtained bis(
oxime) product to a sulfonation reaction with a propylsulfonation
reagent in an alkaline environment and an organic
solvent, followed by washing with water,
distillation, and recrystallization purification to obtain the target oxime ester-type
photoacid-producing compound. This method solves the problems of complex processes, difficult purification, limited raw materials, high costs, and difficulty in meeting the needs of industrial production in traditional oxime ester-type
photoacid-producing agent
synthesis methods.