The invention relates to the technical field of tembotrione acid preparation, and provides a tembotrione acid preparation method, which comprises: mixing 3-chloro-2-methyl phenyl
methyl sulfide, 1, 2-
dichloroethane, azodiisobutyronitrile and N-
bromosuccinimide, stirring at a controlled temperature, and extracting to obtain 3-chloro-2-bromomethyl phenyl
methyl sulfide; the preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing 3-chloro-2-bromomethyl phenyl
methyl sulfide, trifluoroethanol,
solid sodium hydroxide, TBAB and 1, 2-
dichloroethane, stirring at a controlled temperature, and extracting to obtain 3-chloro-2-((2, 2, 2-trifluoroethoxy) methyl) phenyl methyl
sulfide; the preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing 3-chloro-2-((2, 2, 2-trifluoroethoxy) methyl) phenylmethyl
sulfide,
anhydrous aluminum trichloride,
dichloromethane and
oxalyl chloride, stirring at a controlled temperature, heating, cooling, carrying out suction
filtration, and
drying to obtain 2-chloro-4-methylthio-3-((2, 2, 2-trifluoroethoxy) methyl)
benzoic acid; the method comprises the following steps: oxidizing 2-chloro-4-methylthio-3-((2, 2, 2-trifluoroethoxy) methyl)
benzoic acid, and extracting to obtain tembotrione acid. According to the method, the stability of the preparation yield of tembotrione acid and the total yield are remarkably improved.