The application belongs to the technical field of herbicides, and provides a preparation method of the herbicide
cycloxaprid, which comprises the following steps: 1, mixing and stirring monocyanamide and
ethyl chloroformate, cooling to 0-2 DEG C, adding liquid alkali dropwise, controlling pH and temperature, and carrying out incubation reaction to obtain a product GH520-1; 2, adding
dimethyl sulfate and
benzyl triethylammonium chloride to the product GH520-1, carrying out warming reaction, and after the reaction is completed, standing and layering to obtain a product GH520-2; 3, adding
dimethylamine hydrochloride and liquid alkali to the product GH520-2, supplementing
toluene, carrying out warming reaction, cooling to
room temperature, standing and layering to obtain a product GH520-3; 4, dissolving the product GH520-3 in
toluene, adding cyclohexyl
isocyanate, and controlling the
reaction temperature to obtain a product GH520-4; and 5, adding
sodium methoxide and
dimethylamine aqueous solution to the product GH520-4, controlling the
reaction temperature, and obtaining a product GH520.