The thermal behavior of meso‐ and d,1‐3,4‐dimethyl‐1,5‐hexadiyne‐3,4‐diol (meso‐ and d,1–4) has been studied at 400°C in the gas phase. In a tandem reaction the diols isomerize via the bisallenes 5 first to cis‐ and trans‐3,4‐diacetylcyclobutene (cis‐ and trans‐8) which have been detected as intermediates by 13C‐NMR spectroscopy as well as catalytic hydrogenation to 1,2‐diacetylcyclobutane (9). Subsequently, 8 stabilizes itself by ring opening to (E,Z)‐ and (E,E)‐3,5‐octa‐dien‐2,7‐dione (E,Z) and [(E,Z)‐6]. As a side reaction retroene cleavage of 4 to 2‐butynone (10) and methyl vinyl ketone (12) is observed. By pyrolysis of the pure diastereomers 4 it is shown that the retro‐ene process is more pronounced in the d,l than in the meso series.