2,6-Diyne-4-cyclodecen-1-ol, a highly simplified and isolable monocyclic analogue of the bicyclic aglycone of esperamicins and calicheamicins, has been obtained by an intramolecular cyclocondensation of 1-iodo-1,5-diyne-3-decen-10-al mediated by chromium(II)-nickel(II) salts.