Alpha-allyloxyimines rearrange smoothly to 2-amino-2-allyl-ketones by heating at 80-degrees-C for few hours, by Claisen rearrangement of the tautomeric secondary enamine. Similarly alpha-propargyloxyimine gave 2-amino-2-allenyl-ketones. By contrast, 2-benzyloxyimines afford rearranged 2-amino-2-benzyloxycyclopentanone by [1,3] sigmatropic shift.