The invention discloses a preparation method of a symmetric 
urea compound, which comprises the following steps: by using a 
hydroxamic acid compound as a 
raw material, sequentially adding an alkali anda 
solvent, reacting at 25-50 DEG C for 1-7 hours in an SO2F2 
atmosphere, and carrying out aftertreatment on the reaction solution to obtain the symmetric 
urea compound. According to the invention, cheap, easily available and environment-friendly SO2F2 is used as an 
accelerant to efficiently promote the generation of an 
isocyanate intermediate to form a C-N bond. The generation of 
isocyanate avoids the use of a large amount of 
halogen or 
azide dangerous reagents, so that the compound can be used as a green substitute for 
standard treatment conditions in 
Curtius rearrangement and 
Hofmann rearrangement reactions. The amine source in the final product only comes from 
hydroxylamine, and no additional amine needs to be added, so that the substrate is wide in applicability, and the correspondingsymmetric 
urea compound can be obtained at a relatively good yield. The operation process is simple, the aftertreatment only needs filtering, and the method is suitable for large-scale preparation.