Abstract A number of trialkylsilylmethyl diphenyl phosphates MeRR′ SiCH 2 OP (O)(OPh) 2 (1a-e: R= Et (a), Pr (b), CF 3 CH 2 CH 2 (c, e), Me 3 SiCH 2 (d); R′= Me (ad), Et (e)) were synthesized and their thermal rearrangement, of the 1, 2-shift type, was studied. The rearrangement consists of the migration of an alkyl group from Si atom to the methylene carbon atom and gives the corresponding silyl esters. The rate of the rearrangement was ...