The invention discloses a synthetic method of a cyanobenzofuran compound. The synthetic method comprises the following steps: taking a benzofuran-2-ketone compound as a reaction initiator, taking ethyl alcohol as a solvent, slowly adding a reducing agent NaBH4 under a condition of 0 DEG C, then carrying out stirring for a reaction at room temperature, adding water for quenching, extracting the product by using ethyl acetate, then carrying out washing with saturated salt water, collecting the organic layer, carrying out drying and concentrating, carrying out column chromatography or thin-layerchromatography to obtain an intermediate benzofuran-2-ol, taking the benzofuran-2-ol as a raw material, AlCl3 as an additive, and benzene as a solvent to carrying out stirring for a reaction for 2 hours at 60 DEG C in a nitrogen environment, adding water for quenching, extracting the obtained product by using ethyl acetate, collecting the organic layer, carrying out drying and concentrating, and carrying out column chromatography or thin-layer chromatographic separation purification to obtain the target product. The synthesis reaction is simple to operate, the adopted reagents are cheap and are easily available, the reaction system is mild, the conditions are simple, the yield is good, and the method has relatively good popularization and application values.