A preparing method of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidylamine by a catalytic
amination method is disclosed. The preparing method includes following steps of: (1) adding 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone,
sodium hydroxide,
ammonia water and a skeleton
nickel catalyst into a high-pressure kettle having a condenser, a pressure gage, a stirrer and a
thermocouple, feeding
nitrogen to replace air in the kettle, feeding
hydrogen until the pressure is 2.5 MPa, stirring, heating to 110 DEG C, and reacting for 30 min; and (2) after the reaction is completed, cooling to
room temperature, stopping stirring, venting, taking reaction materials out, filtering, subjecting filtrate to
distillation under
atmospheric pressure to distill
ammonia gas and water, subjecting the residue in the kettle to
vacuum distillation, and collecting a fraction that is the 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidylamine. The preparing method adopts the skeleton
nickel as the catalyst, synthesizes the 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidylamine by hydrogenation and
amination, and is high in yield and purity of products.