The invention provides a method for preparing
isobutanol by directional conversion of
methanol and
ethanol, which comprises the following steps: by taking
methanol and
ethanol as raw materials, converting
methanol and
ethanol into
isobutanol under the action of a Cu-doped composite
metal oxide catalyst, a precursor of the catalyst is
hydrotalcite-like, Cu in the catalyst is dispersed in a carrier in an atomic scale, and the loading capacity of Cu is 0.1-1.5 wt%. The Cu-doped composite
metal oxide solid acid-base catalyst designed and prepared by the invention is easy to synthesize, the Cu species are highly dispersed on the
oxide carrier, the catalyst has the characteristics of
high activity,
high selectivity and high stability in the reaction for preparing
isobutanol by directional conversion of methanol and ethanol, and under the conditions of 300 DEG C and normal pressure, the conversion rate of ethanol is 99.5%, the selectivity of isobutanol is higher than 60%, and the catalyst is suitable for industrial production. In a 600h
stability test, the ethanol conversion rate is greater than 80%, and the C-C
coupling product selectivity is greater than 80%; meanwhile, the product is easy to separate, the whole process has economical efficiency and practicability, the
sustainable development concept is met, and the method has good industrial application prospects in the field of
biomass conversion.