[reaction: see text] Anti alpha-amino-homopropargylic alcohols are prepared by addition of metallated propargylic amines to aldehydes. Among the four organometallic (LI, Zn, Ti, Cu) derivatives used, the most effective are the copper reagents.

[reaction: see text] The copper reagent arising from an optically pure propargylic oxazolidinone was found to react regio- and diastereoselectively with aldehydes, leading, in a one-pot procedure, to the anti homopropargylic amino alcohols derivatives in good yields.

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