The invention relates to a production method of balsalazide, wherein the production method comprises the following specific steps: a, dissolving beta-
alanine and
sodium carbonate in water, adding benzyltriethylammonium
chloride, dropwise adding a
dichloromethane solution of p-nitrobenzoyl
chloride, and stirring for 3 h at
room temperature; allowing to stand for layering, and acidifying the aqueous layer with
hydrochloric acid to pH of 1; carrying out
acetone recrystallization, to obtain N-p-nitrobenzoyl-beta-
alanine; b, dissolving N-p-nitrobenzoyl-beta-
alanine in
ethanol, adding activated
palladium, and carrying out hydrogenation; and adding ethyl
ether, filtering, and thus obtaining N-p-aminobenzoyl-beta-alanine; and c, cooling with ice bath, adding a reduction product to a small amount of concentrated
hydrochloric acid to form a paste, adding water to dilute, slowly adding a
sodium nitrite solution, and stirring for 1 h; dropwise adding an alkaline solution of
salicylic acid, adjusting the pH to 8.2, and stirring for 3 h; and dropwise adding the reaction liquid into an ice-dilute
hydrochloric acid mixed solution, filtering,
drying, carrying out
ethanol recrystallization, and thus obtaining the product balsalazide. According to the production method of balsalazide, the production method is simple, and the product quality is good.