The invention discloses a synthesis method of
diclofenac sodium, which comprises the following steps: (1) dropwise adding
chloroacetyl chloride into
toluene,
aniline and a catalyst solution while stirring, carrying out heat preservation
reflux, then adding 2, 6-
dichlorophenol and
sodium carbonate, carrying out heat preservation
reflux, extracting with water to obtain an oil layer, adding alkali into the oil layer, and carrying out heat preservation reaction to obtain 2, 6-dichlorodiphenylamine; (2) heating and melting the 2, 6-dichlorodiphenylamine prepared in the step (1), dropwise adding
chloroacetyl chloride, heating, carrying out heat preservation reaction, hydrolyzing, and crystallizing to obtain N-(2, 6-dichlorophenyl)-phenyl-
chloroacetamide; (3) carrying out heating reaction on the N-(2, 6-dichlorophenyl)-phenyl-
chloroacetamide prepared in the step (2) and
aluminum trichloride, and carrying out pumping to obtain
solid 1-(2, 6-dichlorophenyl)-2-indolinone; and (4) adding the 1-(2, 6-dichlorophenyl)-2-indolinone prepared in the step (3) into alkali liquor, stirring, heating and refluxing to obtain the
diclofenac sodium. The synthesis method is stable, easy to operate, low in cost, high in yield and suitable for industrial production.