This invention relates to a method for preparing polyarylene
ether nitrile by copolymerizing 2,5-dichlorobenzonitrile and 2,4-dichlorobenzonitrile with mixed diphenols, comprising: mixing 2,5-dichlorobenzonitrile and 2,4-dichlorobenzonitrile in a
molar ratio of 1:9 to 9:1, and performing stepwise polycondensation with mixed diphenols in
anhydrous potassium carbonate catalysis and an N-methylpyrrolidone /
toluene composite
solvent system at 140 to 200°C, to obtain a polyarylene
ether nitrile with a number-average molecular weight of 35,000 to 80,000 g / mol, a
glass transition temperature of 175 to 240°C, a 5% thermal
weight loss temperature of not less than 400°C, a tensile strength of 80 to 120 MPa, and a
solubility in N-methylpyrrolidone at 25°C of not less than 15 wt%. This invention effectively breaks the regularity and symmetry of the main chain by simultaneously introducing asymmetric
benzonitrile ether structural units derived from 2,5-dichlorobenzonitrile and ortho / para-substituted
benzonitrile ether structural units derived from 2,4-dichlorobenzonitrile into the
polymer main chain, thereby inhibiting early
crystallization and
precipitation of chain segments during
polymerization and achieving stable synthesis of high molecular weight polymers under homogeneous conditions.