The invention discloses a method for preparing
cyclopropanecarboxylic acid by using
phosphorus trichloride as a chlorination
reagent, and belongs to the technical field of medicines and pesticides, the method comprises the following steps: adding
cyclopropanecarboxylic acid into a reactor, starting stirring, heating to the
reaction temperature of 40-60 DEG C, introducing
nitrogen to carry out
nitrogen replacement, carrying out
nitrogen sealing in the whole process, starting dropwise adding
phosphorus trichloride, controlling the dropwise adding speed, and reacting for 1-2 hours; the temperature of the
reaction system is maintained at the
reaction temperature, and the fluctuation temperature does not exceed + / -2 DEG C; after the dropwise adding of the
phosphorus trichloride is finished, continuously carrying out heat preservation reaction for 0.5-2 hours, and then standing and separating the reaction liquid to obtain an upper layer which is a cyclopropanecarbonyl
chloride crude product; and distilling the crude product of cyclopropanecarbonyl
chloride to obtain a refined product of cyclopropanecarbonyl
chloride. The method provided by the invention solves the problems of low
chlorine atom
utilization rate, incomplete
catalysis of the adopted catalyst, easy generation of impurities, generation of toxic by-products
sulfur dioxide and
carbon monoxide, great
threat to the environment, and three-waste emission in the existing
acyl chloride preparation method.