The proposed process for producing n-butyraldehyde and/or n-butanol involves the following steps: (a) 1,3-butadiene is allowed to react with an amine of formula (I) R1R2NH, in which the groups independently of one another represent hydrogen, optionally substituted aliphatic or cyclo-aliphatic groups, or aryl or aralkyl groups, or are connected to a bridging unit which can contain heteroatoms, at high temperature and pressure and in the presence of a compound of a group VIIIb element, in the presence of an alkali metal amide, or in the presence of a basic metal oxide, to form a mixture of addition compounds of formula (II) and (III); (b) addition compound (III) is isomerised to addition compound (II); (c) addition compound (II) is isomerised in the presence of a homogeneous or heterogeneous transition metal catalyst in liquid phase or in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst containing transition metal in the gas phase to produce enamine of formula (IV); and (d) the enamine (IV) is converted, by reaction with hydrogen and water, or water, in the presence of a homogeneous or heterogeneous transition metal catalyst in liquid phase, in the presence of a heterogenous catalyst containing transition metal in the gas phase, in the presence of an acid or in the presence of one of the above mentioned catalysts and of an acid, to n-butyraldehyde and/or n-butanol, the amine (I) being released and the released amine (I) being led back into sub-reaction (a).