Identity for a scalar quintuple product?

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I find myself needing to cross two pairs of vectors, and cross that result (so a normal of normals) and check whether each of two of the original points are on different sides of the plane it defines:

$$ (A\times B)\times (C\times D) \cdot A \lt 0 \\ (A\times B)\times (C\times D) \cdot B \gt 0 $$

Since the ultimate result is a scalar, It'd be great if I could eliminate the cross products altogether (similar to how Lagrange's Formula does for the triple product).

Does anyone know of a similar identity for a scalar quintuple product?