Synthesizing a subject 1phydroxybenzoicmethyl ketone and using cedrol as the subject include the subject, then the inclusion compound is reducted into phiral 1phydroxybenzoic ethanol in solid condition by natriumborhydrid, its tD is -3.

At present,the synthetic methods of p-hydroxyphenylethyl alcohol are not suitable for large-scale industrial application due to the long synthetic route,low overall yield,rigorous reaction conditions and high cost.

The main preparation methods of p-hydroxyphenylethyl alcohol have been described and the new development of the methods is also introduced with 33 references.

At present, the synthetic methods of p-hydroxyphenylethyl alcohol are not suitable for large-scaled industrial application due to the long synthetic route , low overall yield, rigorous reaction conditions and high cost.