The invention discloses a novel process for producing 1,4-dihydroxy
anthraquinone, and relates to the technical field of
chemical production. The technological process is as follows: firstly, co-heating and dehydrating fuming sulphuric acid and
boric acid for 30-60 minutes, adding
phthalic anhydride, heating up to 130 DEG C, adding parachlorophenol into the
reaction system for multiple times in batches, heating up to 200-205 DEG C after adding the parachlorophenol, continuously reacting for 5-10 hours, slowly putting a reactant in 8 times by volume of water for
hydrolysis after the reaction is finished, controlling the
hydrolysis temperature at 100-130 DEG C, extracting the product to an organic phase by use of a
solvent after
hydrolysis, discharging the lower-layer waste acid, washing the upper-layer extracting solution by use of hot water, distilling the
solvent for cycle use, and carrying out high-
vacuum distillation and sublimation to obtain high-quality 1,4-dihydroxy
anthraquinone. The novel process disclosed by the invention is used for improving the product yield and reducing the production cost by regulating
process conditions such as
raw material feeding ratio, feeding method, feeding temperature and the like on the premise of ensuring the product yield and the product quality.