Stereoisomerizationo fr eadily available all-cis-1, 3,5,7-tetrahydroxy-1,3,5,7-tetraisobutylcyclotetrasiloxane (1a)w as carried out under acidic conditions to afford cistrans-cis (1b), all-trans (1c), and cis-cis-trans (1d)i somers. The compounds in the reactionm ixture could be easily separated into 1a and am ixture of 1b, 1c,and 1d by the treatment with chloroform. Compounds 1b, 1c,and 1d were further separated and isolated, and each structure was identified. The experimental results indicated that the most plausible mechanism is as ubstitution reaction at the silicon center via ap entacoordinate intermediate without ac yclic siloxane bond cleavage reaction. The obtained isomer 1a or 1b further reactedw ith dichlorodiphenylsilane in the presence of triethylamine to give syn-type laddersiloxane (2a)o rantitype laddersiloxane (2b), respectively.