Cyclohexynes can be generated efficiently from 1-cyclohexenyliodonium salts with acetate or other bases via the E2 and E1mechanism. The observed regioselectivity of nucleophilic additionto substituted cyclohexynes conforms to the LUMO populations:the less deformed acetylenic carbon is more electrophilic. Cycloheptyne can form by the E1-type elimination via 1,2-rearrangementfrom cyclohexylidenemethyliodonium salt under very weakly basicconditions.