The application discloses an ionic
carbon nitride photocatalyst, a preparation method thereof and a method for photocatalytically synthesizing a
sulfenamide compound. The catalyst takes
carbon nitride as a base, and carbon and
metal cations are doped in the
carbon nitride. (1) A carbon
nitride precursor, a
metal chloride and 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine are mixed and ground, dried, and subjected to first high-temperature
calcination at 500-600 DEG C for 3-5 hours, and then washed, dried and obtained as an
intermediate product; (2) the
intermediate product and
potassium thiocyanate are mixed and ground, and subjected to second high-temperature
calcination at 500-520 DEG C for 0.5-1.5 hours under an
inert atmosphere, and then washed, dried and obtained as the ionic carbon
nitride photocatalyst. A
mercapto compound, an amine compound, the ionic carbon
nitride photocatalyst and
acetonitrile are subjected to photoreaction in an
oxygen or air environment at 0.1-0.3 MPa and at 0-40 DEG C for 5-24 hours, and a
sulfenamide compound is obtained. The ionic carbon nitride photocatalyst prepared by the application has a wide range of substrates and does not need to use an alkali assistant in the process of synthesizing the
sulfenamide compound.