“…cis,truns-and truns,trans-l,3,6-Octatriene from Butadiene By P. HeimbachI*l Dedicated to Professor K. Ziegler on the occusion OJ his 70th birthday I n the presence of morpholine (or another dialkylamine) butadiene is dirnerizerl almost exclusively to cis,frans-and trans,trans-1,3,6-octatriene (3) and (2), respectively, at a nickel-triethyl phosphite catalyst [ I -31; the yield is 90% at 50% conversion. (Molar proportions at the beginning of the reaction Ni: P(OCzH5)3: morpholine: butadiene = 1 :1:50:800.…”