Electrochemically generated tetraethylammonium peroxydicarbonate (TEAPC) and tetraethylammonium carbonate (TEAC) react under very mild conditions, with 1,2-amino alcohols affording, after addition of tosyl chloride, the corresponding oxazolidin-2-ones in fair to good yields. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.