The palladium catalysed asymmetric cyclohexenylation of 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrofuran is described. Use of this substrate allowed for an easy and direct comparison of a range of ligands in this reaction. The ligands employed included BINAP and phosphinamines and enantioselectivities of up to 97% were obtained with tert-leucinol-derived diphenylphosphinoaryloxazolines.