Lithium aluminum hydride cleaves the oxazolidine ring between the 1-and 2-positions, leading to N-substituted 2amino-alkanols, when the nitrogen atom is unsubstituted, and to N, N-disubstituted 2-aminoalkanols, when it is substituted. In this respect, lithium aluminum hydride resembles catalytically activated hydrogen and Grignard compounds.
