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.