In the presence of 2-(trimethylsilyl)aryl triflates as aryne precursors under mild conditions, a range of tertiary propargylic amines bearing electron-withdrawing groups were converted to quaternary propargylic ammonium ylides followed by a [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement to afford structurally diverse amino-substituted allenes or conjugated dienes, depending on their structure, in moderate to good yields.
![Graphical abstract: Nucleophilic addition of tertiary propargylic amines to arynes followed by a [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement](http://hg.y866.cn/compound/lib/scimg/usr/1/C8CC02176G.jpg)