The disclosure includes a process for preparing fluoxastrobin which includes reacting compound (10) with an alkyl nitrite in the presence of an acid to form compound (11A) reacting compound (11A) with 2-haloethanol to form compound (12A) reacting compound (12A) with a base to form compound (13) and reacting compound (13) with compound (5) and 2-chlorophenol to produce fluoxastrobin.