sub 2 13 3 26 6 9 13 3 mole mole hg sub 2 i sub 2 hgi sub 2 0 25 0 125 0 5 0 25 mole mole dmf 250 250 250 250cc mole r sub f ir sub f c sub 4 f sub 9 c sub 4 f sub 9 c sub 4 f sub 9 c sub 8 f sub 17t u00b0 c 35 35 35 35conversion of the r sub f iinto addition products 100 100 100 100 total reaction timein hours 1 4 1 5 2 1 5______________________________________ example 2 is repeated but by operating with various alcohols the results are shown in table ii below table ii______________________________________ number of degree of alcohols conversionex being of the r sub f iam geometrical into additionple alcohol duration isomers product______________________________________6 1 butene 4 ol 4 hours 1 100 7 4 pentene 1 ol u02dc 4 days 2 100 8 2 butene 1 ol 4 hours 3 100 30 min 9 3 hexene 1 ol 7 days 4 95 10 3 butene 2 ol 2 hours 2 99 11 methylallyl 4 days 2 95 alcohol______________________________________ under the experimental conditions of example 2 but by operating at 50 u00b0 c and by replacing the mercury salts with equivalent quantities of the acetylacetonates of mn 3 and mn 2 after a reaction duration of 96 hours the conversion of c 4 f 9 i.