The reaction of di-tert-butylsilylene (2), generated photochemically from hexa-tertbutylcyclotrisilane (1), with a (Z)-3-hexene-1,5-diyne furnishes a product built up of two silirene rings linked by an olefinic double bond. A similar reaction of 2 with (Z)-6-dodecene-2,4,8,10-tetrayne yields two rearranged 2,5-disilabicyclo[2.2.0]hexane-1(6),3-diene units linked by a C-C double bond. The oligoene frameworks of both compounds adopt the alltrans configuration. Treatment of 1,3,5-tris((trimethylsilyl)ethynyl)benzene and 1,2-diethynylbenzene with 1 affords a 1,3,5-tris(silacyclopropenyl)benzene and a 1H-indeno[2,1-b]silete derivative with an exocyclic tBu 2 SiH group at position 7 of the tricyclic system.