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.