TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The catalyst comprises palladium catalyst, rhodium catalyst, or copper catalyst. The palladium catalyst is palladium chloride, palladium bromide, palladium iodide, palladium nitrate, or palladium hydroxide. The rhodium catalyst is rhodium chloride, rhodium bromide, rhodium iodide, rhodium nitrate, or rhodium hydroxide. The copper catalyst is copper fluoride, cuprous chloride, cuprous bromide, cuprous iodide, cuprous oxide, cuprous sulfate, cuprous hydroxide, cuprous selenide, cuprous telluride, copper fluoride, copper chloride, copper bromide, copper iodide, copper oxide, copper sulfate, copper hydroxide, copper sulfide, copper selenide, or copper telluride. The alkali can be sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, or lithium hydroxide.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The method comprises reacting compound (II) with and magnesium at mol ratio of 1:1-1.5, in solvent (A) at - 20 degrees C to refluxing temperature for 1-72 hours to obtain compound (III); and hydrolyzing compound (III) and boron-containing compound B(OR6)3 at mol ratio of 1:1-10, in solvent (A) at - 78 degrees C to 0 degrees C for 1-72 hours to obtain compound (IV). The acid hydrolysis is performed in water solution containing 1 mol/l acid under room temperature. The method further comprises reacting compound (IV) with acrolein and alkali at mole ratio of 1:1-10:1-10, in solvent (B) in presence of catalyst at - 80 degrees C to refluxing temperature for 1-72 hours to obtain compound (I). Preferred Component: The solvent (A) is diethyl ether, methyl tert-butyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran, methylbenzene, or dimethylbenzene. The solvent (B) comprises water, acetonitrile, methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, sec-butyl alcohol, tertiary butanol, 3-amyl alcohol, 2-amyl alcohol, tert-amyl alcohol, 2-methyl-butyl alcohol, 3-methyl-3-amyl alcohol, glycol, glycerol, glycol-monomethyl ether, glycol dimethyl ether, diethyl ether, petroleum ether, tetrahydropyran, 2-methyl tetrahydropyran, 1, 4-dioxane, tert-butyl methyl ether, benzene, methylbenzene, dimethylbenzene, sym-trimethylbenzene, chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene, N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetylamide, N-pyrrolidone, dimethyl sulfoxide, ethyl acetate, n-pentane, n-pentane, n-heptane, chloroform, or dichloromethane. The palladium catalyst can be palladium oxalate, cyan palladium chloride, palladium acetate, palladium carbon, or triphenylphosphine palladium. The rhodium catalyst can be rhodium oxalate, cyan rhodium chloride, rhodium acetate, rhodium carbon, or triphenylphosphine rhodium chloride. The copper catalyst can be cuprous acetate, cuprous oxalate, cuprous cyanide, cuprous thiocyanate, cuprous trifluoromethanesulfonate, cuprous trifluoroacetate, copper acetate, copper oxalate, copper cyanide, copper thiocyanate, copper trifluoromethanesulfonate, or copper trifluoroacetate. The alkali comprises sodium methoxide, caustic alcohol, sodium isopropylate, potassium isopropylate, sodium tert-butoxide, potassium tert-butoxide, sodium tert-butoxide, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, calcium carbonate, cesium carbonate, lithium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, triethylamine, diisopropylethylamine, butylamine, pyridine, 2,6-dimethyl pyridine, 4-dimethylamino pyridine or 1,8- diazabicyclo (5.4.0) undecylenic-7-alkene.