racemic secondary alcohols via their enantioselective benzoylation has been explored using CO, Ph3Bi(OAc)2, a catalytic amount of a chiral Pd(II) complex and AgOAc. In this catalytic system, Ph3Bi(OAc)2 has been revealed to work better than any other phenylating reagents such as PhB(OH)2 or PhSnMe3. It has also been disclosed that the planar chirality of opticallyactive oxazolinylferrocenylphosphine