“…However, different products are formed in these cases. In accordance with the classification of a base-induced ring opening of heterocycles previously made, 36b, our reaction follows the “ROI” (ring opening type I), which is extended to all eliminative ring openings of β-carbanions 36b. However, a more detailed study showed that the transformation of 7a to 17 occurs extremely fast or in a single step, with the cleavage of C(3)−I, C(2)−Te bonds and the triple bond formation occurring probably in a concerted process, since we have not been able to trap with electrophiles the hypothetical intermediate lithium derivative 15 in the same reaction, even at −105 °C.…”