The invention relates to the field of synthetic methods of
pyrethroid, in particular to a preparation method of high-efficiency cis-
cyfluthrin, and particularly relates to an
epimer separation and activity improvement process. The preparation method comprises the following steps: by taking 3-phenoxy-4-fluorobenzaldehyde as a
raw material, dropwise adding dichlorochrysanthemoyl
chloride (cis-
acyl chloride) to prepare cis-
cyfluthrin, and carrying out epimerization reaction by taking
cyclohexane, n-
heptane and isopropanol as solvents and
diisopropylamine-
triethylamine and a ZnCl2-TPP novel
metal complex as catalysts to prepare the efficient cis-
cyfluthrin. And adjusting the pH to be neutral, filtering to obtain a high-efficiency cis-isomer crude product, recrystallizing the crude product with
methanol, and
drying in vacuum to obtain the high-efficiency cis-cyfluthrin
active compound. The epimerization process in the preparation method of the high-efficiency cis-cyfluthrin, provided by the invention, has the advantages of high conversion efficiency, short conversion time and high purity of the raw
medicine.