The ferulic acid was first acetylated then halogenated with SOCl2 to prepare the acetylferuloyl chloride. By using NaOH with the concentration of 2. 5% as the catalyst, acetylferuloyl chloride and paeonol were esterificated into the acetylferulic paeonol ester. The structural characterization of target compound was identified by IR and 1 ^H-NMR. was 1 : 2, the reaction time was 2 h, the reaction When the mole ratio of paeonol to acyl chloride temperature was 15 ℃ and the dosage of 2. 5% NaOH was 6 mL, a better yield of 75.2% could be gotten. ...