The invention belongs to the technical field of synthesis of organic compounds, and particularly relates to a method for purifying a crude
chloroacetic acid product. The method comprises the following steps: S1, impregnating
activated carbon with chloropalladic acid to prepare a catalyst precursor; the preparation method comprises the following steps: blending a catalyst precursor, a dispersing agent, a
reducing agent, poly (N-vinyl
caprolactam) and (S, S)-(+)-N, N '-bis (3, 5-di-tert-butyl salicylidene)-1, 2-cyclohexanediamine, carrying out a reduction reaction to prepare a
palladium-carbon catalyst, and passivating to prepare a passivated
palladium-carbon catalyst; s2, the heated crude
chloroacetic acid product and
hydrogen are introduced into a micro-interface generator to be mixed, then
hydrogenation reaction is carried out under the action of a passivated
palladium-carbon catalyst, gas-liquid separation and rectification are carried out after the reaction is completed, and the
chloroacetic acid product is prepared. By improving the problems of insufficient selectivity and conversion rate of
dichloroacetic acid impurities in the chloroacetic acid crude product purified by the existing palladium-carbon catalyst, the content of the
dichloroacetic acid impurities in the chloroacetic acid crude product after
catalytic hydrogenation is effectively reduced.