Preparation method of N-phenethyl-4-phenylaminopiperidine

The invention relates to a method for preparing N-phenethyl-4-phenylaminopiperidine. The method comprises the main steps of carrying out hydrogenation and amination on N-phenethyl-4-piperidone (structural formula as shown in a formula (II)) and aniline (structural formula as shown in a formula (III)) in ethanol in the presence of Raney Ni at the temperature of 50-100 DEG C so as to obtain the target product. The method for preparing N-phenethyl-4-phenylaminopiperidine has the advantages of cheap and available raw material, less byproduct, good product purity, high yield, low cost and the like.