In this work we studied the reaction of 2,3-O-isopropylidene-D-glycera
ldehyde 1 with diazoacetone 2, the photochemical behaviour of the cond
ensation product, and analysed the protector group effect that modifie
s the photochemically induced intramolecular processes of the condensa
tion product and its derivatives. We report the successful stereoselec
tive synthesis of 3-hydroxy-2-methyl carboxilate derivatives with thre
o relative configurations.