Various alpha-substituted propargylamines, prepared in three steps from (R)-phenylglycinol, are readily isomerized at 0 degreesC with KAPA to form terminal acetylenic amines, without any detectable epimerization of the chiral center, as already observed for propargyl alcohols. Enantiomerically pure primary alpha-substituted alkynylamines can be easily obtained in two steps after removal of the ferrocenylmethyl protective group and oxidative cleavage of the chiral appendage.