The invention discloses a preparation method of p-
phenylene-bis-
benzene trimellitate dianhydride, and relates to the technical field of preparation of organic compounds. The preparation method provided by the invention comprises the following steps: mixing chlorinated
trimellitic anhydride,
hydroquinone and a catalyst, and reacting to obtain a p-
phenylene-bis-
benzene trimellitate dianhydride crude product; and recrystallizing the p-
phenylene-bis (trimellitate) dianhydride crude product, mixing with
acetic anhydride, and reacting to obtain the p-phenylene-bis (trimellitate) dianhydride, the catalyst is prepared from at least one of
pyridine,
triethylamine, N, N-diisopropylethylamine,
diethylamine and
dimethylamine. The preparation method provided by the invention improves the purity and whiteness of p-phenylene-bis (trimellitate) dianhydride, and has the advantages of short reaction steps, mild conditions, simple post-treatment, high yield, simple refining steps, high product purity and the like.