The present invention discloses a 
nitrogen-
doped carbon material encapsulated 
cobalt catalyst and a method of using the catalyst to prepare secondary amine compounds. The preparation method of the catalyst comprises the following steps: 1) silica 
sol is added into a 2-methylimidazole solution and dispersed uniformly to obtain liquid 
sol, a stirring is conducted while adding 
cobalt nitrate liquid into the liquid 
sol, a stirring reaction is conducted for 3-10 h, and after the reaction is completed, centrifuging, filtering, washing and 
drying are conducted to obtain ZIF-67@SiO<2> materials; 2) under 
nitrogen protection, the ZIF-67@SiO<2> materials are calcined at 400-1,200 DEG C for 6-10 h, the calcined materials are soaked with 
hydrofluoric acid solution, the soaked calcined materials are water washed to neutral, the washed calcined materials are dried to obtain CN@Co materials. The method of using the catalyst to prepare the secondary amine compounds is as follows: in an 
organic solvent, nitro-compounds, formic acids, carbonyl compounds and the CN@Co materials are added, 
nitrogen is ventilated to replace 
oxygen in the 
reaction system, and the reaction is conducted at 90-220 DEG C for 15-18 hours in an air isolation condition to obtain the secondary amine compounds. The catalyst can be used in the preparation of the secondary amine compounds, reduces the requirements and costs of the reaction to devices and is relatively high in reaction selectivity and yield.