To provide a method for producing highly pure 2,2-bis-(3,4- dicarboxyphenyl)-hexafluororpropane dianhydride having little color.

Highly pure 2,2-bis-(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)-hexafluororpropane dianhydride having little color is obtained in high yield by oxidizing a 2,2- bis-(3,4-dialkylphenyl)-hexafluoropropane with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst constituted of a heavy metal and a halogen in an organic solvent, remove the heavy metal derived from the catalyst as heavy metal ions by adjusting a water content in the crude oxidation reaction liquid without isolating the obtained tetracarboxylic acid, subsequently dehydronizing the tetracarboxylic acid to the dianhydride.