The invention provides a method for synthesizing para-tert-butylcatechol by using an acid-mixed mixed
system containing
ionic liquid, which comprises the following steps: stirring, heating and melting
catechol and an acid-mixed catalyst, adding an alkylating agent in a droplet mode within 30 min, performing condensation
backflow reaction for 60-150 min under the temperature of 110-150 DEG C, extracting reaction liquid to separate the
ionic liquid for recycling, performing extract-phase reduced pressure
distillation and purification and finally obtaining the para-tert-butylcatechol, wherein the
mole ratio of the
catechol to the alkylating agent to the acid-mixed catalyst is 1:0.5-2.0:0.01-0.1. The acid-mixed catalyst is formed by mixing two types of acidic
ionic liquid or mixing acidic ionic liquid and bronsted acid. The method for synthesizing the para-tert-butylcatechol by using the acid-mixed mixed
system containing the ionic liquid overcomes the defect that simple ionic liquid is weak in acidity and poor in
catalysis effect, facilitates catalytic
alkylation reaction and is small in corrosivity and environmental
pollution, the conversion rate of the
catechol reaches up to 87.2%, and the selectivity of 4-para-tert-butylcatechol (4-TBC) reaches up to 77.3%.