The invention relates to a synthetic method of 2, 9-dinitro-4, 7-dimethyl-1, 10-phenanthroline, and belongs to the technical field of organic chemistry. The method comprises the following steps: stirring and mixing nitrobenzene and SnCl2.2H2O, filling with hydrogen, adding iron powder and hydrochloric acid, reacting under certain conditions to obtain aniline, respectively mixing aniline with hydrogen peroxide and benzoyl chloride and adding ethanol, stirring and heating, adding nitric acid, heating, adding chlorosuccinimide in a dropwise manner, mixing with a hydrochloric acid and water mixed solution, carrying out water bath heating, adding zinc powder, stirring and reacting, adding a sodium hydroxide solution, and distilling the obtained solution to obtain a distillate which is 4-methyl-8-aminoquinoline; and heating 4-methyl-8-aminoquinoline, benzoyl chloride and to reflux, cooling to room temperature, slowly adding nitric acid in a dropwise manner, filtering, mixing the obtained filtrate with stannous chloride, heating, adding zinc powder and hydrochloric acid, and carrying out stirring and pumping filtration, and carrying out vacuum drying to obtain 2, 9-dinitro-4, 7-dimethyl-1, 10-phenanthroline. The method has the advantages of mild reaction conditions, simple operation and low cost.