Diastereoselective Synthesis of Glycosyl-α-amino Acids.-Some glycosyl-α-amino acid derivatives such as (IV) and (IX) are prepared via coupling of the sugar (I) with the amino esters (II) and (VII). Interestingly, treatment of (I) with (VII) does not yield the expected condensation product but the spirooxazolidine (VIII). In the presence of BOP/iPr 2 NEt the amino acid derived from the amino ester (IIIa) easily undergoes spirolactonization to the compound (V), which undergoes purely O-acyl ring opening with NH 3 . -(BOUIFRADEN, S.; LAVERGNE, J.-P.; MARTINEZ, J.; VIALLEFONT, P.; RICHE, C.; Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 8 (1997) 6, 949-955; Lab. Chim. Biomol., CNRS, Univ. Montpellier II, F-34095 Montpellier, Fr.; EN)