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A number of allyl aryl propargyl amines 3a-3f were synthesized in 68-82% yield. These tertiary amines were then treated with one equivalent of m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (m-CPBA) to give products 5a-5f in 79-90% yields arising out of the Meisenheimer rearrangement of the allyl aryl amine moiety accompanying the amine oxide rearrangement of the aryl propargyl amine moiety.Key words: Meisenheimer rearrangement, [2,3] sigmatropic shift, amine oxide, propargyl amine, allyl amine.