The invention discloses a green synthesis method for 
benzoin. The green synthesis method includes the steps of firstly, putting 
benzaldehyde and 
imidazole hydrochloride into a reaction kettle according to the 
molar ratio 
ranging from 1:0.003 to 1:0.015, adding absolute ethyl 
alcohol solvents accounting for, by 
mass, 60% to 75% of the 
benzaldehyde, adjusting the pH value of the 
reaction system to range from 7.8 to 8.5, and conducting reaction for 1.5 hours to 2.5 hours at the temperature 
ranging from 70 DEG C to 90 DEG C; secondly, after the reaction ends, placing the reaction kettle in the ice-water bath to be processed through 
crystallization and filtering, obtaining 
crystallization mother liquor and light yellow 
solid, washing the light yellow 
solid through 
alcohol to obtain white 
acicular crystals, and conducting 
drying under the normal pressure to obtain the finished product, namely, the 
benzoin. By means of the method, traditional virulent editpotassium 
cyanide catalysts or 
sodium cyanide catalysts are replaced, and therefore the new green 
chemical synthesis method capable of reducing by-products is achieved. The method solves the problems that at present, catalysts obtained through synthesis in the industry are high in 
toxicity or low in 
toxicity but difficult to synthetise, high in consumption, low in 
catalysis efficiency and high in production cost.