The invention discloses a method for synthesizing ethyl 4,4-difluoroacetoacetate in a catalyzed mode through layered materials. The method includes the following steps: 1, a
divalent and trivalent
metal salt solution and a
sodium hydroxide and
sodium carbonate mixed solution are rapidly mixed to prepare multielement
hydrotalcite, the multielement
hydrotalcite is roasted to be added into a
fluoride-salt saturation
aqueous solution, the mixture is stirred, filtered, washed and dried to be roasted under the
nitrogen condition, and catalysts are obtained; 2,
ethyl acetate, ethyl difluoroacetate and the catalysts are added into a four-opening flask, an ethyl
alcohol and
ethyl acetate mixture is evaporated after temperature rising, stirring and reacting are carried out, cooling is carried out, catalysts are filtered and recycled, filtrate is acidized, cooled and filtered, and
pressure reduction rectification is carried out on the filtrate to obtain the ethyl 4,4-difluoroacetoacetate; 3, the recycled catalysts are sufficiently washed through solvents and roasted to be added into a
fluoride-salt saturation
aqueous solution, the mixture is stirred, filtered, washed and dried to be roasted under the
nitrogen condition, and the catalysts are regenerated. The method has the advantages that the yield is high, the catalysts can be recycled, and the method is safe and
environmentally friendly.