We present here valuable extensions to our previous work in preparing highly functionalized, heteroatom-substituted alkynes via displacement at an sp center. Our results show that a wide range of ynol ethers can be prepared by the same methodology and that the same protocol can be applied to the synthesis of synthetically useful thioynol ethers. We also present new observations that have led us to revise our original hypothesis in favor of a pathway involving radical intermediates.