The invention discloses a synthetic method of 
memantine hydrochloride serving as a medicament for treating 
dementia. The method comprises the following steps of: reacting halogenated dimethyladamantane with 
nitrile, concentrated 
sulfuric acid and 
organic acid to obtain 1-acetamido-3,5-dimethyladamantane 
crystal serving as an intermediate for synthesizing 
memantine hydrochloride; hydrolyzing 1-acetamido-3,5-dimethyladamantane with 
alcohol and alkali to generate raw 
memantine; and extracting and 
salting to obtain 
memantine hydrochloride. In the method, the 
organic acid is taken as a 
solvent, so that the problems of low yield, difficulty in stirring and a series of problems caused by difficulty in stirring are solved; compared with an original process, the method has the advantages that: five steps for distilling the 
solvent under reduced pressure, adding water, extracting 
methylene dichloride, recovering the 
solvent under reduced pressure and recrystallizing are reduced, the reaction post-treatment operation is simplified greatly, and reaction post-treatment is easy and convenient; operation is easier and more convenient, so that the time consumption of a 
memantine hydrochloride synthesizing process is lowered, and the efficiency is increased; compared with an original process, the method has the advantages that: the step for extracting 
methylene dichloride serving as an 
organic solvent is eliminated, so that higher economic efficiency and environmental friendliness are achieved; and more importantly, the 
acetamide reaction yield is increased from lower than 70 percent to over 90 percent.