The invention relates to the technical field of
high polymer materials, and particularly provides a syndiotactic
polystyrene-methylstyrene
copolymer and a preparation method thereof. Comprising the following steps: dissolving pentamethylcyclopentadienyl
titanium trichloride in
toluene to form a catalyst solution; and mixing
tetrahydrofuran,
styrene, alpha-methyl
styrene, MMAO, n-
butyllithium, the catalyst solution and a binuclear
scandium catalyst in an
inert atmosphere, sequentially carrying out prepolymerization and pressurized main
polymerization reaction in a temperature range of
room temperature to 80 DEG C, pouring the solution into acidified
methanol after the reaction is finished, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation and
drying to obtain the product. According to the invention, an innovative dual-catalyst
system is adopted, pentamethylcyclopentadienyl
titanium trichloride and a binuclear
scandium catalyst are synergistically utilized, and the
copolymer with ideal fluidity is efficiently prepared under optimized
reaction conditions.