4,5,12,13-Tetraformyl[2.2]paracyclophane (1f) has been prepared for the first time by the cycloaddition of 4,4-diethoxy-2-butynal (3) to 1,2,4,5-hexatetraene (2) under various conditions and hydrolysis of the initially produced bis-acetals 5a and 5b. An X-ray crystal structural analysis of 5a is reported.