The cis-cxo-amino acid c with norbornene skeleton was converted into 2-aryvl-cis-cxo-1, 3- oxazin-4-ones 5a-d. These compounds, similarly to the diendo isomers 1a-d studied by us earlier, undergo retrodiene decomposition under mild conditions to give 2-aryl-62-l, 3-oxazin- 6-ones (2 ad) in 50-60% yield. The ratio of the decomposition rate constants of the tricyclic diendo and diexo-1, 3-oxazin-4-ones, measured in toluene solution, is about 2.