Abstract
Allene carboxanilides (5) with an additional geminal secondary carbamoyl group undergo intramolecular Diels–Alder reactions at rather low temperature (80 °C) to furnish the tricyclic lactams (6), which, in turn, isomerize to give the tricyclic lactams (8) at about 130 °C.

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