The invention discloses a preparation method of 2,6-dihydroxytoluene. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: by taking the 2,6-dihydroxytoluene as an initial
raw material; and under the effects of a composite tube
solid acid catalyst, preparing the 2,6-dihydroxytoluene through high-temperature steam
hydrolysis, wherein the liquefied 2,6-dihydroxytoluene and deionized water are fed into a
fixed bed reactor according to a
flow ratio of (1:1.5)-(1:10), and the
mixed materials are subjected to a
hydrolysis reaction through the effect of the
solid acid catalyst filled in the
fixed bed reactor at high temperature. By utilizing the preparation method, liquid acid with large environment
pollution is avoided, at the same time, high-temperature equipment and
acid corrosion resisting materials are not used, so that the
acid corrosion problem of the equipment in the conventional method is overcome, the environment
pollution is reduced, and the economic cost is lowered; moreover the process is simple, the product purity and the yield achieve a good level, the purity of the prepared 2,6-dihydroxytoluene is more than 99% under the optimal condition, and the yield can be 95%.