Dicamba preparation process

The invention belongs to the technical field of herbicide dicamba preparation and relates to a dicamba preparation process. The dicamba preparation process includes steps: taking benzene as a raw material to generate 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene through directional chlorination, catalysis, re-chlorination and rectification; hydrolyzing the 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene to generate a mixture of 2,5-dichlorophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol, and separating and purifying to obtain 2,5-dichlorophenol; using the 2,5-dichlorophenol to prepare 3,6-dichlorosalicylic acid; subjecting the 3,6-dichlorosalicylic acid to methylation, saponification, acidification and the like to obtain dicamba. By optimization of technical steps and parameters, the whole dicamba preparation process has advantages of simplicity, low cost, high yield, high selectivity, remarkable reduction of wastewater and increase of equipment utilization rate.