A novel method for the construction of a fused cyclohexadiene ring on C60 based on a nickel-promoted [2+2+2] cycloaddition of 1,6-diynes is described. Treatment of C60 with terminal 1,6-diynes (HC⋮CCH2)2X) in the presence of NiCl2(PPh3)2, Zn, and PPh3 at 90 °C in toluene afforded [2+2+2] bicyclic hexadiene derivatives (X = C(CO2Me)2 (2a), C(CO2Et)2 (2b), C(COMe)2 (2c), CH2 (2d), O (2e), NSO2-p-C6H5CH3 (2f), C(SO2Ph)2 (2g), and (2h) in good yields. Spectral data for products 2a−h indicated that the cycloaddition of diynes to C60 occurs across a 6,6-ring junction on the fullerene. On the basis of the established chemistry of metal-mediated [2+2+2] cycloaddition, a mechanism is proposed to account for the present nickel-mediated reaction. All the hexadiene derivatives 2a−h in solution are readily oxidized by molecular oxygen in the presence of light at ambient temperature. The oxidation process of compound 2a in chloroform-d was monitored by 1H NMR spectroscopy, and the results showed that 2a first reacted with molecular oxygen to form peroxide 3 and was subsequently converted to dialdehyde 4 and C60-containing polymeric material. Photochemical properties of some cyclohexadiene derivatives were then investigated. Upon irradiation (350 nm), compounds 2a−c, 2f, and 2h readily underwent [4+4] cycloaddition to give the corresponding bisfulleroids 5a−c, 5f, and 5h in excellent yields.