Regio-and stereoselective palladium-catalyzed reactions of allene-substituted 1, 3-dienes 1 in acetic acid at room temperature lead to cyclization with formation of a carbon-carbon bond between the middle carbon of the allene and the terminal carbon of the 1, 3-diene. Two different types of reactions, both that constitute 1, 4-carboacetoxylations of the 1, 3-diene, have been developed. In one of the reactions, Pd (II) catalyzes the oxidation of 1 to ...