Abstract: A method for preparing amantadine includes chlorinating adamantane with chlorine gas in a solvent in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst to obtain a reaction liquid, and then removing the solvent and residues containing the catalyst in the reaction liquid, to obtain a chlorinated product. The chlorinated product is mixed with urea to a mixture, and the mixture is subjected to an amination reaction, to obtain amantadine. The results of examples show that the purity of the prepared amantadine could reach 99.5% or more.