The invention belongs to the field of synthesis of biodegradable materials, and particularly relates to a beta
molecular sieve catalyst, preparation thereof and application of the beta
molecular sieve catalyst in catalyzing
lactic acid liquid-phase one-
step method to prepare
lactide. When the catalyst is used for synthesizing a beta
molecular sieve, Lewis acidic
metal is introduced by adopting an in-situ method, so that the beta molecular
sieve catalyst with the
total acid content of 490-550 [mu] mol / g is obtained. According to the present invention, the acidity ratio in the beta molecular
sieve is regulated and controlled by using the in-situ
metal introduction method according to the acidity range required by the one-step synthesis of
lactide from
lactic acid, and compared with the post-introduction of the
metal component, the high dispersion of the metal in the beta molecular
sieve can be achieved, and the anchoring of the metal is achieved through the
chemical bond so as to improve the stability of the catalyst; when the catalyst is used for catalyzing
lactic acid to synthesize
lactide, the lactide with high optical purity can be obtained with
high selectivity, the purification difficulty of the lactide is reduced, the liquid-phase one-
step method is operated under normal pressure / near normal pressure, the production condition is mild, and the catalyst is easy to separate and recover.