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.