The invention relates to a method for synthesizing flavone compounds, in particular to a method for synthesizing 5,7-dihydroxyflavone. The method comprises the following steps: in the presence of a condensing agent, reacting an active
methylene compound (
ethyl acetoacetate) with an acylating agent (
benzoyl chloride), and importing benzoyl into the active
methylene; selectively hydrolyzing the obtained product by utilizing
ammonium chloride solution so as to remove acetyl, thus obtaining ethyl benzoylacetate; mixing the obtained intermediate with
phloroglucinol to dissolve the obtained intermediate, then warming, vacuumizing and reacting to obtain a crude product; and refining the crude product by utilizing DMF (
dimethylformamide) and
ethanol so as to obtain the 5,7-dihydroxyflavone. The method provided by the invention has the advantages of rich sources of feed, low cost and short
reaction step, and is simple in operation; and meanwhile, through the optimization of
reaction conditions, the method also has the advantages of short
reaction step, high yield, low cost, less environmental
pollution and the like. The products prepared by the method can be used for preparing medicaments and the like.