The invention relates to a preparation process of ethyl
chromane-4-
formate. The preparation process is characterized by comprising the following steps of: carrying out Friedel-Crafts
acylation reaction and cyclization,
addition reaction,
hydrolysis reaction and
esterification reaction, wherein, in the Friedel-Crafts
acylation reaction and cyclization, the Friedel-Crafts
acylation reaction is carried out in the presence of
anhydrous aluminium trichloride by using a compound of formula 1 and 3-chloropropionylchloride as initial raw materials, then carrying out cyclization on an obtained product and 10% NaOH to obtain a compound of formula 2; in the
addition reaction, the
addition reaction is carried out on the compound of formula 2 and
trimethylsilyl cyanide in the presence of
zinc iodide to obtain a compound of formula 3; in the
hydrolysis reaction, the compound of formula 3 is hydrolyzed under the conditions of
stannous chloride dihydrate, concentrated
hydrochloric acid and
acetic acid to obtain a compound of formula 4; and in the
esterification reaction, the compound of formula 4 is esterified in the presence of concentrated
sulfuric acid to obtain a compound of formula 5. According to the preparation process, expensive trifluoromethanesulfonic acid is replaced with cheap
anhydrous aluminium trichloride in the Friedel-Crafts acylation step, and the yield is improved, so that the cost of preparing the compound is greatly reduced, and the high-quality product is obtained; and compared with the traditional method, the preparation process has obvious advantages.