We report the triphenyltin-mediated free-radical cyclization of 4-ethynyl-2,6,6-trimethylocta-1,7-dien-4-ol (1) and 4-ethynyl-6,6-dimethylocta-1,7-dien-4-ol (2), along with some chemical manipulations of the resulting stannylidene derivatives 3 and 7. The reaction of intermediates 3 and 7 with BuLi afforded the protodestannylated compounds 5 and 8, respectively, in good yield, while the reaction of the mixture of adducts 3 and 4 with iodine gave the chloro(diphenyl)stan-