The invention discloses 1,3-bis(2-bromo-5-methoxylstyryl)-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding 1,3-bis(3-methoxylstyryl)-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene, liquid
bromine, and a catalyst into a reactor, taking
dichloromethane as the
solvent, carrying out reactions at the
room temperature, after reactions, filtering, neutralizing the filtrate by a saturated
sodium carbonate solution, extracting the filtrate by
dichloromethane, carrying out
spinning evaporation, and finally
drying to obtain 1,3-bis(2-bromo-5-methoxylstyryl)-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene. Each
benzene ring on the periphery of 1,3-bis(2-bromo-5-methoxylstyryl)-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene contains a
bromine atom, the symmetrical property is good, moreover, the central
benzene ring is connected to two other
benzene rings through two conjugated double bonds, and thus the stability of the compound is greatly improved. The provided compound can be used to produce functional materials used in the fields such as
medicine,
pesticide, heatproof materials, and the like.