The invention relates to a preparation method of propofol and structural analogues of propofol. The preparation method comprises the steps as follows: preparing an intermediate from p-hydroxybenzoic acid and alkyl alcohol as raw materials under the action of a solid acid catalyst, and then preparing a target product by a decarboxylase reaction. The preparation method has the characteristics of being green in synthesis, realizing biotransformation, causing little pollution, producing few by-products and the like, and is suitable for industrial production; the purity of the prepared products such as propofol is 99.6% or higher, which meets various medicinal standards.