The invention relates to a 
propargyl alcohol type 
quaternary ammonium salt surfactant and a preparation method thereof, and the 
structural formula of 
quaternary ammonium salt is as follows: n is equal to 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16, and X is Cl or Br; and a 
substituent is positioned in the ortho-position, interposition or para-position. The preparation method is as follows: (1) adding 3-5g of NaH into a reactor, introducing 
nitrogen, adding 60-90ml of THF (
tetrahydrofuran), stirring at 
room temperature, dropping 4-6g of propiolic 
alcohol, further slowly dropping 10-15g of chloromethylpyridine, stirring for 15-30h, separating water phase from organic phase, washing, 
drying, performing 
column chromatography, and then getting pyridyl-2-butynol; and (2) adding the pyridyl-2-butynol and 
alkyl halide into the reactor according to the 
molar ratio of 1: 1.5-1: 4, further adding 10ml-15ml of 
acetonitrile, refluxing and stirring for 20-30h at the temperature of 50-80 DEG C, washing, performing the 
column chromatography, and then getting the alkynol type 
quaternary ammonium salt surfactant. The series of the 
propargyl alcohol type quaternary ammonium salt surfactants have very 
high surface activity and very strong 
corrosion inhibition performance, the preparation method is simple and feasible, the operation is easy, the yield is higher, and the environmental 
pollution can be avoided.