Cyclohex-2-enones 1a–1c undergo photocycloaddition to tetramethoxyethylene in benzene to afford 1-oxa-spiro[3.5]non-5-enes 3 in very good yields. In MeCN as solvent, higher relative amounts of bicyclo[4.2.0]octan-2-ones 4 are formed. Results from similar experiments with the same enones and 2,3-dimethylbut-2-ene or 1,1-dimethoxyethene indicate that the driving force for oxetane formation is a sufficiently