The invention relates to a method for synthetizing N,N-diisopropylethylamine; the method comprises the steps as follows: taking diisopropylamine, epoxy ethane as the raw material, taking zinc chloride, tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide as the catalyst, taking the water as the circulating medium, reacting and aging; the reaction is carried out under gas and liquid phases utilizing single kettle production; the specific operating conditions being normal pressure, the temperature being 50 to 180 degrees centigrade, the air speed of ethylene oxide gas being 50 to 100 kg / h, the mol ratio between diisopropylamine and epoxy ethane being 1-1.5, the dosage of the catalyst being 0.5-1 weight of diisopropylamine; thermal reacting for two hours, then discharging and filtering to remove the solid catalyst, evaporating diisopropylamine and moisture under normal pressure, adding with activated carbon dipping with Ru, Pt or Pd elements, decompressing, rectifying, collecting the products. The invention has the advantages of taking the water solution of the diisopropylamine as the main reaction line, adding with little catalyst into the water solution of the diisopropylamine, and reacting through the epoxy ethane under normal pressure, having excellent reaction effect.