A new route for the synthesis of 2,3-aziridines is described. The reaction of methyl 2,3-dibromohexadecanoate (I1) with ammonia at 0 C gave methyl 2-bromohexadec-2-enoate (II1, ca. 93%). Compound III, on further treatment with ammonia at 25 C, gave methyl 2-aminohexadec-2-enoate (IV, ca. 5%), methyl trans-2,3-epiminohexadecanoate (V, ca. 64%), methyl cis-2,3-epiminohexadecanoate (VI, ca 24%) and trans-2,3-epirninohexadecamide (Vll, ca 3%). The structures were established with the help of elemental analyses and infrared (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectral analyses.