The invention discloses a production method of an alpha-
chlorine (2-
chlorine)
methyl phenylacetate and aims to provide a method which is low-price and available in starting raw materials, high in purity and stable in quality of product, easy and feasible in process, environment-friendly, low in production cost and easy in industrial production. The method comprises the following steps of: using a continuous method, taking chlorophenylacetic acid as a
raw material, carrying out
acylation reaction for the chlorophenylacetic acid and
phosphorus oxychloride at a temperature of 5-10 DEG C for 2-2.5 hours, and subsequently, carrying out chlorination reaction at a temperature of 80-85 DEG C for 4-5 hours, then carrying out
esterification reaction with methyl
alcohol at a temperature of 35-40 DEG C for 2-2.5 hours, washing a reaction solution by using pure water to remove
impurity,
drying and filtering a
dichloroethane layer, and subsequently, decompressing and concentrating to remove solvents and acquire the alpha-
chlorine (2-chlorine)
methyl phenylacetate. According to the method, the low-price and available chlorophenylacetic acid is taken as the
raw material in the method, so that the production cost is significantly reduced; the
phosphorus oxychloride is taken as an acylating agent and a chlorinating agent, so that the purity of the product is improved and the product is environment-friendly. By applying the continuous method, the method is simple and feasible in the technological process, easy to control in the reaction processes and suitable for industrial production.