The invention discloses a purification method of 2-cyanopyridine, and belongs to the technical field of
chemical engineering. The purification method of the 2-cyanopyridine comprises the following steps: in the process of preparing a 2-cyanopyridine crude product by taking 2-
picoline as a
raw material through
ammonia oxygen catalysis, performing adsorption and
impurity removal on the obtained 2-cyanopyridine crude product through an adsorption column filled with a
metal adsorbent to obtain the pure 2-cyanopyridine, the
metal adsorbent is formed by compounding two or more metals of Li, Cs, Be and Rb with
graphene. According to the method, the 2-cyanopyridine with the purity of 99.8% can be purified to 99.99%, the high-quality 2-cyanopyridine is obtained, meanwhile, the
reflux ratio does not need to be increased, the rectification
energy consumption is reduced, and the cost is reduced; and moreover, the obtained high-quality 2-cyanopyridine is prolonged in preservation time, does not
change color, and improves the market share.