The invention discloses a preparation method of a
viologen compound, belonging to the field of electrochromic materials. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: (1) dissolving 4, 4'-bipyridyl in excess
acetonitrile, dissolving 2-bromobutyl phosphonic acid
diethyl ester in the excess
acetonitrile, further dripping into a 4, 4'-bipyridyl solution, reacting for 24h, washing, filtering and
drying to obtain a (1-(diethyl 2-butylphosphonate)-4, 4'-
pyridine)
bromide solid; (2) dissolving the prepared
solid in
methanol, further adding alpha, alpha'-dibromo-p-
xylene, stirring at constant temperature, washing, filtering, and performing
vacuum drying to obtain a 1, 1'-(1,4-
phenylene-bis (
methylene))-bis-(1'-(diethyl 2-butylphosphonate)-4,4'-
pyridine) tetrabromide
solid; and (3) dissolving the prepared product in the step (2) in the
methanol, adding concentrated
hydrochloric acid, stirring at constant temperature, washing, filtering and
drying to obtain 1,1'-(1,4-
phenylene-bis (
methylene))-bis-(1'-(2-butylphosphonic acid)-4,4'-
pyridine)
tetrachloride. The
viologen compound prepared by the preparation method disclosed by the invention can realize rapid changes in color of the electrochromic materials.