The [3,3]sigmatropic rearrangement of (2E)-(1R)-1-methyl-3-phenyl-2-propenyl trichloroacetimidate to give N-[(2E)-(1R)-1-phenyl-2-butenyl]trichloroacetamide was effected thermally with nearly complete transfer of chirality via a doubly suprafacial transition state. The application of the self-immolativeasymmetricsynthesis to opticallyactive carveols afforded carveylamines of the predicted configuration