An improved synthesis of phosphinines is presented at the beginning of the work, aimed at a more phosphorus-economic synthetic process. Starting from pyrylium salts, the use of a strong nucleophile in the O+/P exchange in combination with salt elimination resulted in higher yields. New phosphabarrelene derivatives have been synthesized via [4+2] cycloaddition reaction between a phosphinine ring and an alkyne, namely hexafluoro-2-butyne or in situ generated benzyne. Different benzyne precursors were tested, in order to establish new functional group tolerant pathways. Some phosphabarrelene derivatives showed to be prone to cycloreversion reactions, yielding new phosphinine derivatives. Among these, an electron-poor phosphinine was employed i...