The binuciear palladium(I) complex, [Pd2Cl2(μ-dppm)2] (dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)methane), has been shown to react with bis(diethylamino)acetylene, Et2NC≡CNEt2, in methylene chloride solution to yield two isolable products, the known methylene-bridged complex, [Pd2Cl2(μ-CH2)(μ-dppm)2], and hexakis(diethylamino)benzene, C6(NEt2)6, both of which have been characterized crystallographically. The source of the bridging methylene group in [Pd2Cl2(μ-CH2)(μ-dppm)2] has been shown to be the methylene chloride solvent. A mechanism that accounts for the formation of the two isolable products is proposed. The complex, [Pd2Cl2(μdmpm)2] (dmpm = bis(dimethylphosphino)methane), was similarly found to react with Et2NC≡NEt2 in methylene chloride solution to yield [Pd2Cl2(μ-CH2)(μ-dmpm)2], which was identified spectroscopically. Key words: acetylene, palladium, cyclooligomerization, aminoacetylene, hexakis(diethylamino)benzene.