The invention relates to the technical field of synthesis of
chlorine-containing
pyridine intermediates, and discloses a method for synthesizing 2, 3, 4, 5-tetrachloropyridine by using 2, 5-dichloropyridine, which comprises the following steps: step 1, preparation of 2, 5-dichloropyridine
nitrogen oxide: taking 2, 5-dichloropyridine as a
raw material, reacting in the presence of a catalyst and
acetic acid, and then filtering to remove the catalyst to obtain 2, 5-dichloropyridine
nitrogen oxide; adding an
acetic acid solution of 2, 5-dichloropyridine
nitrogen oxide; step 2,
nitration reaction: adding
sulfuric acid and
nitric acid, and reacting to obtain 2, 5-dichloro-4-nitropyridine
nitrogen oxide; step 3, nitrogen and
oxygen removal reaction: adding
acetyl chloride to replace 4-position nitro to obtain 2, 4, 5-trichloropyridine
nitrogen oxide, and then adding
phosphorus trichloride to remove nitrogen and
oxygen to obtain 2, 4, 5-trichloropyridine; and 4, chlorination and refining: adding Lewis acid into the 2, 4, 5-trichloropyridine, reacting to obtain a 2, 3, 4, 5-tetrachloropyridine crude product, and refining the crude product to obtain the finished product 2, 3, 4, 5-tetrachloropyridine. The invention solves the problems of more byproducts and unsatisfactory product purity and yield in the prior art.