The invention discloses a preparation method of a
tertiary amine-terminated polyether
nonionic surfactant, and belongs to the field of
chemical synthesis technologies and surfactants. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) placing a supported catalyst in a
fixed bed, and preheating the
fixed bed; dissolving polyether amine and
paraformaldehyde in a
solvent to obtain a dissolved solution; then injecting the dissolved solution into a
fixed bed, replacing air in the fixed
bed with
hydrogen, pressurizing the fixed
bed with
hydrogen, and carrying out a reaction; (2) after the reaction is finished, collecting feed liquid; and after the feed liquid is cooled, filtering and carrying out reduced pressure
distillation to obtain the
tertiary amine-terminated polyether. The method for continuously producing the
tertiary amine-terminated polyether by using the fixed
bed has the characteristics of safety, convenience in operation, short reaction time, few side reactions and suitability for large-scale production; the conversion rate of the primary amine is high, the selectivity of the
tertiary amine is good, the yield of the
tertiary amine-terminated polyether is up to 98.2%, and meanwhile, the
tertiary amine-terminated polyether also has better surface activity.