The application provides a preparation method of 3-
aryl /
alkyl-beta-naphthyl
ether compounds, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: reacting
trimethyl orthoformate with 1,3-diaromatic propyl
ketone compounds or 1-
aryl-3-
alkyl ketone compounds to obtain 3-
aryl-beta-naphthyl
ether compounds or 3-
alkyl-beta-naphthyl
ether compounds. The reaction condition of the application is mild,
trimethyl orthoformate is cheap and easy to obtain, can be used as a
methylation reagent and a
carbon source for extending a
carbon chain at the same time, the range of reaction substrates is wide, and the functional group tolerance is good; the reaction is efficient, the selectivity is high, the post-treatment is simple, the operation is simple, and the application is suitable for large-scale industrial production; the complex substrate prepared in advance in the traditional reaction is avoided, the
metal catalyst necessary for the traditional reaction is not needed, the binaftyl
alcohol precursor compounds can be prepared with high chemical selectivity, and a more simple and efficient
route is provided for the olefin
hydroformylation / hydroformyl
esterification reaction for synthesizing bidentate ligands.