The invention discloses a method for synthesizing 2, 5-hexanedione, which comprises the steps of the preparation of the 2, 5-hexanedione, the removal of front
cut fraction, the refining of the 2, 5-hexanedione and so on. 2,5-dimethylfuran is taken as a
raw material to synthesize the 2, 5-hexanedione, a step of adding water for atmospheric
distillation after the removal of the front
cut fraction is added during the synthesis, so the difficulty of the separation when a product is subjected to vacuum rectification is reduced, and the purity of the product is greatly improved; the front
cut fraction and a transitional distillate can further be circularly used for the feeding during the post-synthesis so as to further improve the yield (can reach up to more than 90 percent), reduce the cost for the whole synthetic
route, and has no
pollution to the environment. The method has simple needed equipment, mild
reaction conditions, and safe and easy operation, is suitable for industrialized production, is a more reasonable and more convenient novel way for circularly and economically synthesizing the 2, 5-hexanedione, and can prepare an intermediate, namely the 2, 5-hexanedione which is widely applied in fields such as
medicine, spices, pesticides, photographic reagents,
electroplating and paint-spraying.