Preparation method and application of sesamol intermediate heliotropin

The invention belongs to the field of food additives and provides a preparation method of a sesamol intermediate heliotropin. The preparation method is convenient to use by taking nitric acid as a decarboxylating agent; the product, namely the sesamol intermediate heliotropin is good in purity; especially the decarboxylation efficiency is high, so that the decarboxylation reaction can be efficiently carried out to directly influence the synthesis yield of the overall preparation route; compared with other synthesis routes, the heliotropin synthesis route disclosed by the invention has considerable advantage on the cost, and the product competitiveness is relatively strong. The synthesis method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of cheap raw materials, simple reaction process and high yield and can be applied to large-scale synthesis of sesamol.