Chiralbisphosphazides complexed with lithium salts efficiently catalyze the direct enantioselective 1,4-addition of dialkyl malonates to acyclic enones. Spectroscopic studies on the stoichiometry of the bisphosphazide and lithium salt have indicated the formation of a 1:1 species as the active enantioselectivecatalyst. It is suggested that the catalyst generates a complex of the protonated phosphazide