Several (R*, S*)-1-alkyl-3-hydroxy-2-phenylazetidines (1) were synthesized by the reaction of (R*, R*)-2-(1-bromobenzyl)oxirane (2a) with aliphatic primary amines in good yields. By the reaction of (R*, S*)-2-(1-bromobenzyl)oxirane (2b), only (R*, R*)-2-aminomethyl-3-phenyloxirane (3) was obtained. Also, the reaction of (R*, R*)-2-(1-bromobenzyl)-2-methyloxirane (2c) gave a mixture of (R*, S*)-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-phenylazetidine (4) as the major product and (R*, S*)-2-aminomethyl-2-methyl-3-phenyloxirane (5) as the minor product.