The invention relates to a novel method for synthesizing fenoxanil serving as a systemic
fungicide. The novel method for synthesizing fenoxanil serving as the systemic
fungicide comprises the following steps: adding 2,4-
dichlorophenol,
sodium hydroxide and 2-methyl chloropropionate into a
methyl benzene solvent, controlling
reaction temperature at 30-70 DEG C, washing
methyl benzene phase by using water after the reaction is ended, and carrying out reduced pressure
distillation on a
solvent of the washed
methyl benzene phase to obtain dichlorprop methyl ester; and adding the obtained dichlorprop methyl ester into a methyl
benzene solution with dissolved 2-amino-2,3-dimethyl
butyronitrile and
sodium bicarbonate, reacting by controlling the
reaction temperature at 0-30 DEG C, washing the methyl
benzene phase by using water after the reaction is ended, carrying out reduced pressure
distillation on a
solvent of the washed methyl
benzene phase, recrystallizing by using a mixed solvent of water and ethyl
alcohol, reducing the temperature to the
room temperature, and filtering to obtain the fenoxanil. According to the synthesis method, 2-chloropropionic acid is replaced by 2-methyl chloropropionate; dipropionyl
chloride is replaced by the generated dichlorprop methyl ester; one-step
acylation reaction is eliminated; the process
route is simplified; the reaction period is shortened; the method has great development in the industrial production.