“…The resulting adduct has two possibilities for further stabilization; either a ring closure to furnish a phosphorane ( 3 3 P → 5 5 P, type A) [1,2,[6][7][8][9] or a substituent migration 97 from the phosphite with formation of a phosphonate 3 3 P → 5 4 P, type B) [1,2,[10][11][12]. The reaction of 2-trifluoroacetylcyclohexanone (1a) with tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite yields via nucleophilic attack of phosphorus at the trifluoroacetyl carbonyl carbon atom, followed by silatropy [10,13,14], a mixture of phosphonates 2a and 2b (94:6) according to type B (Scheme 1).…”