The invention discloses a method for preparing
epoxy caryophyllene from heavy
turpentine oil and separating
longifolene. The method comprises the following steps: putting heavy
turpentine oil into a reaction container, adding
organic solvent ethyl acetate, a catalyst and an oxidant; under normal pressure and at the normal temperature, performing epoxidation reaction on
caryophyllene in heavy
turpentine oil, wherein the
caryophyllene is almost not oxidized; then, cooling a reaction mixture, separating out the catalyst, filtering and recycling, and removing a water phase of filtrate through phase separation, distilling an organic phase under reduced pressure to recycle the
organic solvent, and performing
fractional distillation and separation under reduced pressure to obtain oily liquid products, namely
longifolene and
epoxy caryophyllene, further adding a few
crystal seeds into the
epoxy caryophyllene oily liquid to crystallize and separate out the
crystal seeds, filtering and collecting crystals under reduced pressure, and
drying in vacuum to obtain an epoxy caryophyllene
crystal product. According to the method disclosed by the invention, selective catalytic oxidizing reaction process is adopted, the problem that the existing high-purity
longifolene is difficult to separate is solved, the epoxy caryophyllene is prepared, and therefore, the method has the advantages of simple operation process, gentle reaction condition, environment-friendly reaction process and the like, and is suitable for industrial production.