The invention relates to a method for recycling acid in synthesis of 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonylbenzoic acid, which comprises the following steps of 1) by using 4-methylsulfonyltoluene as a
raw material,carrying out
nitration reaction and oxidation reaction in a concentrated
sulfuric acid medium, filtering
dilute acid mother liquor obtained after the 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonylbenzoic acid crude product, and concentrating to obtain recycled acid, 2) recycling the recovered acid, and removing the reaction by-product polynitro compound from the
dilute acid mother liquor by adopting a resin adsorptionmethod, so that the content of the polynitro compound in the
dilute acid mother liquor after adsorption is less than 200 ppm, 3) concentrating the adsorbed dilute acid mother liquor, applying the concentrated dilute acid mother liquor to the
nitration reaction, and supplementing the required catalyst to continue the oxidation reaction after the
nitration reaction is finished, and 4) desorbing andregenerating the adsorbed resin through
solvent desorption, concentrating, filtering and washing to recover the reaction by-product, thereby avoiding the safety and
environmental protection risks caused by continuous accumulation of the by-product concentration in the synthesis process, and being safe, practical, green and environment-friendly, and suitable for industrial implementation.