The invention belongs to the technical field of preparation of medical intermediates, and particularly relates to a preparation method for 5-
chlorine-2-hydroxyl-3-nitroacetophenone. The preparation method comprises the steps: under the existence of a catalyst, reacting parachlorophenol with an 
acetylation reagent in a 
solvent-free condition, and performing decompression 
distillation to obtain 
acetic acid parachlorophenol and glacial 
acetic acid serving as a byproduct; adding lewis acid into 
acetic acid parachlorophenol to perform 
Fries rearrangement reaction, adding water into a 
system after the reaction is completed, stirring the mixture to obtain 
solid sediments, performing recrystallization by using methyl 
alcohol to obtain 5-
chlorine-2-hydroxyacetophenone, adding glacial acetic acid for dissolving, then dropping a 
nitration reagent, and stirring and filtering to obtain 5-
chlorine-2-hydroxyl-3-nitroacetophenone. According to the preparation method, the production cost is lowered, the reaction period is short, the purity is high, the yield is high, the operation is simple and convenient, and industrialization is easily realized.