The invention provides a method for preparing aromatic primary amine by taking
ammonia water as an
ammonia source in a water phase
system. In the method, aromatic halogenate and the
ammonia water are used as raw materials, water is used as a
solvent, at
room temperature or under the heating condition of common
oil bath, carbonates, fluorides, phosphates and hydroxides of alkali metals or alkaline-earth metals are taken as alkalis, and a catalytic reaction is preformed through adding a surfactant and using a temary
catalysis system composed of
copper catalyst,
hydrazide and
ketone. The method has the characteristics that the operation is simple, wide substrate application range is wide, the product is simple and easy to separate, the yield is high, the process is economic and is environment-friendly and the like; and
reaction conditions are flexible, thus corresponding
room temperature or heating mode can be selected according to practical requirements. In addition, the environment friendliness of the reaction is effectively improved by using water as a reaction
solvent, thereby better conforming to the development requirements of
green chemistry. Especially, the substrate is wide in application range and has wide application prospects in the aspects of preparing natural products, medicines and pesticides.