The invention provides a preparation method of a novel decamethyl zirconocene coordination compound and application thereof to a catalytic synthesis method of a secondary
amide compound. The coordination compound is a cationic decamethyl zirconocene coordination compound, wherein a
zirconium atom is coordinated with three water molecules, and the cationic part and the anionic part of the whole decamethyl zirconocene form an ionic bond. In the synthesis method of the secondary
amide compound, the decamethyl zirconocene perfluorooctyl
sulfonic acid coordination compound is used as a catalyst, acommon
organic solvent is used as a reaction
solvent, and a secondary
amide substance is synthesized through four different routes, wherein the four different routes are specifically as follows: (1),
carboxylic acid and amine are dehydrated to synthesize secondary amide; (2), a ritter reaction is performed on
nitrile and secondary (
tertiary)
alcohol to synthesize the secondary amide; (3), primaryamide and secondary (
tertiary)
alcohol are dehydrated to synthesize the secondary amide; (4), the primary amide,
aldehyde and 2-naphthol are dehydrated to synthesize the secondary amide; by the synthesis method, a novel low-cost
environmentally friendly way is opened up for preparation of the secondary amide compound. The invention has the advantages as follows: the catalyst has high air stability, the selectivity and the yield of a target product are high, the catalyst can be reused, the product can be obtained through simple
column chromatography separation, and the whole reaction and
separation process is easy to operate and
environmentally friendly.