Novel macrocyclic oligothiophenes-diynes and corresponding fully alpha -conjugated macrocyclic oligothiophenes with cavieties up to 3 nm have been synthesized. The intramolecular oxidative coupling of alpha,alpha'-difunctionalized-diynes under pseudo high-dilution conditions preferentially led to the cyclotrimers and cyclotetramers and subsequently transformed by sulfide anions to the novel class of alpha -cyclo[n]thiophenes.