The invention discloses a method for synthesizing
furan phenol by using aluminum dicarboxylate
phenol as a catalyst, which is to synthesize the
furan phenol (1) under the catalytic action of the aluminum dicarboxylate phenol by using 2-(2-methylallyloxy)phenol as a
raw material. The reaction equation is as follows: (RCO2)2AlOAr, wherein R may be C1 to C2
alkyl or C3 to C17 linear
alkyl, branched
alkyl or cycloalkyl; Ar may be phenyl, 2-methylphenyl, 4-methylphenyl, 2-methoxyphenyl, 4-methoxyphenyl, 2-ethyoxylphenyl, 4-ethyoxylphenyl, 2-phlorphenyl, 4-phlorphenyl, 2-carboxylphenyl, 2,6-dimethylphenyl, 2-
biphenyl, 4-
biphenyl, 1-naphthyl and 2-naphthyl. In the invention,
furan phenol is synthesized by using aluminum dicarboxylate phenol as the catalyst, the
raw material is readily available, production devices are not changed, the investment is small and quick in effectiveness, the furan phenol cyclization single-step yield is more than or equal to 81.0 percent, the furan phenol yield is much higher than that of the traditional process which uses
aluminium isopropoxide as the catalyst, the production cost is reduced, and the economic benefit is obvious.