A highly efficient and enantioselective hydrogenation of β-aryloxy/alkoxy cinnamic nitriles and esters under mild conditions has been realized by using a rhodium catalyst with a chiral f-spiroPhos ligand. The method provides efficient access to the asymmetricsynthesis of a variety of chiral β-oxy-functionalized nitriles and esters with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99.9% ee) and high turnover