“…Despite the fact that CF 3 is a much stronger than phenyl, compounds If and Ih isomerizes much more easily than Ie and Ig. Here, evidently, 1,3-H transfer is favored by the formation of the favorable N-benzylidene structure in compounds IVe and IVh [1,4,7,8]. Unlike N-benzyltrifluoroacetimidoylphosphonates If and Ih, compounds Ia3Ie, Ig, Ii, and Ij in the absense of bases either do not izomerize at all or isomerize partially with attendant side processes.…”