%0 Journal Article %T Diastereoselective synthesis of substituted 2-amino-1,3-propanediols from Morita-Baylis-Hillman adducts %A Paioti %A Paulo H. S. %A Rezende %A Patr¨ªcia %A Coelho %A Fernando %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2012 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532012000200014 %X we report herein a new diastereoselective approach to substituted 2-amino-1,3-propanediols with anti relative stereochemistry from morita-baylis-hillman (mbh) adducts. these structural moieties have been used as intermediates for the synthesis of several compounds with relevant pharmacological and commercial interest. in this strategy, substituted anti 2-amino-1,3-propanediols were readily prepared via ozonolysis of allylic diols obtained from mbh adducts, followed by a diastereoselective reductive amination of the substituted 2-oxo-1,3-propanediols. to demonstrate the synthetic utility of these aminodiols, they were transformed into substituted oxazolidin-2-ones, which were also used in the indirect determination of the relative stereochemistry of the aminodiols. %K 2-amino-1 %K 3-propanediol %K morita-baylis-hillman %K reductive amination. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532012000200014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en