Sm. Bachrach et al., [1,3]-SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENT OF 1,3,5-TRIPHOSPHABICYCLO[2.1.0]PENT-2-ENE, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (23), 1995, pp. 2395-2396
The activation barrier for the [1,3]-phosphorus migration in the title
compound is estimated (MP4SDTQ/6-31 G//MP2/6-31 G* + ZPE) to be 11.6
2 kcal mol(-1) (1 cal = 4.184 J), which is considerably smaller than t
he barrier (31.13 kcal mol(-1)) for [1,3]-carbon migration in the corr
esponding hydrocarbon.