The invention relates to the technical field of preparation of 1, 5, 9-
cyclododecatriene, and discloses a preparation method of 1, 5, 9-
cyclododecatriene, in the preparation method of 1, 5, 9-
cyclododecatriene, raw materials comprise butadiene, water and a Ziegler-
Natta catalyst, and the 1, 5, 9-cyclododecatriene is prepared by adopting a multi-stage
continuous reaction; the multi-stage
continuous reaction comprises a first-stage reaction to an Nth-stage reaction, and N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2; a first part of water is added in the first-stage reaction, and a second part of water is added in the second-stage reaction; the Ziegler-
Natta catalyst comprises a main catalyst, and the ratio of the total addition amount of the water to the
mass of active
metal elements in the main catalyst is (0.1-8): 1. In the 1, 5, 9-cyclododecatriene production process, the butadiene conversion rate is greater than or equal to 99%, and the ctt-1, 5, 9-cyclododecatriene isomer selectivity is greater than or equal to 99%.