The invention discloses a synthesis method of 4-methoxymethyl-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzyl
alcohol. The method comprises the following reaction steps of: 1, reacting 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzyl
alcohol with
hydrogen halide in a
solvent for 2-20h at 40-120 DEG C to obtain 3-halomethyl-1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene; 2, reacting the 3-halomethyl-1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene in
methanol for 1-20h at 0-65 DEG C under the action of an inorganic alkali to obtain 3-methoxymethyl-1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene; 3, dissolving the 3-methoxymethyl-1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene into an
inert solvent, dripping an organic
lithium reagent at 0-78 DEG C to react for 0.5-5h, inputting
formaldehyde gas into the
reaction system to continuously react for 0.5-5h, and carrying out the
quenching reaction by a protonic
solvent to obtain the 4-methoxymethyl-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzyl
alcohol. The synthesis method provided by the invention has the advantages of good reaction selectivity, cheap and available reagents, and high reaction yield and high purity of the product.