Palladium-catalyzedasymmetricallylicalkylation of 1,3-diphenyl-2-propenyl acetate (4) with a dimethyl malonate-BSA-LiOAc system has been successfully carried out in the presence of a new chiral prolinol-derived aminophosphine ligand (3e) in good yield with good enantioselectivity (up to 96% ee).