The invention discloses a synthesis process of a
glyphosate active compound, which belongs to the technical field of
glyphosate synthesis, and comprises the following steps: adding
paraformaldehyde and
methanol into a synthesis kettle, uniformly stirring and mixing, adding a catalyst I, and carrying out
depolymerization reaction; after the
depolymerization reaction is finished, adding a catalyst II, preserving heat, fully stirring, and then adding
glycine for
addition reaction; after the reaction is completed, adding
dimethyl phosphite to carry out
condensation reaction; after the reaction is finished, pumping into a
hydrolysis kettle, dropwise adding
hydrochloric acid, heating with steam to evaporate
methanol and methylal, then carrying out
reflux reaction, evaporating
hydrogen chloride under reduced pressure, and then adding water into the kettle; and finally, putting the material in the
hydrolysis kettle into a
crystallization kettle, cooling, standing, filtering and
drying to obtain
solid glyphosate. The introduced catalyst not only has a very good
catalytic effect, improves the yield of a glyphosate
active compound, shortens the glyphosate synthesis time and improves the production efficiency, but also can prevent the formation of glyphosine impurities and other impurities, improves the
economic benefits, and is energy-saving and environment-friendly.