The invention discloses a method for synthesis of symmetrical
carbonate and co-production of 1,2-
propylene glycol, and relates to the method for synthesizing the symmetrical
carbonate. According to the method provided by the invention, a high-efficiency basic catalyst with a composite pore structure is used for one-step synthesis of the symmetrical
carbonate by using
propylene carbonate and various alcohols (ROH, wherein the R can be selected from various alcohols such as straight-chain alcohols, iso-alcohols, aromatic alcohols,
phenols, diols such as
ethylene glycol and
diethylene glycol, polyols, and the like). The obtained crude product obtained by a reaction only contains the symmetrical carbonate and the 1,2-
propylene glycol, wherein the conversion rate of the
propylene carbonate canbe up to 95%. The by-product 1,2-
propylene glycol can be separated out through simple
distillation as a bulk
raw material. The whole reaction process is clean, efficient and free of
pollution, and nowaste is generated. When the
molar ratio of the
propylene carbonate to the various alcohols is 1:3, the reaction pressure is 5 MPa, the
reaction temperature is 100 DEG C, and the
space velocity is 5 h<-1>, the catalyst is not deactivated and has good stability after being used for 5000 hours.