The invention discloses a preparation method of 2-methoxy-4-
nitroaniline. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: carrying out
acetylation reaction of o-methoxyaniline and
acetic acid, discharging water generated in the
acetylation reaction process from a
reaction system, dropwisely adding fuming
nitric acid into the prepared
acetic acid solution of the o-methoxyacetanilide to carry out
nitration reaction, adding deionized water after the
nitration reaction is finished and then filtering, adding the prepared 2-methoxy-4-
nitroaniline into an alkali solution to carry out
hydrolysis reaction; after the
hydrolysis reaction is finished, cooling the prepared reaction solution, and filtering to obtain 2-methoxy-4-
nitroaniline. By adopting the method to synthesize 2-methoxy-4-nitroaniline, the
acylation reaction cost is low, the
nitration reaction selectivity is high, the
discharge of three wastes is reduced, the production cost is reduced, the product purity is high, the yield is high, and the 2-methoxy-4-nitroaniline has a good industrial application value.