Only a few examples of the asymmetric synthesis of BDQ (3) making use of different strategies and modified starting materials are available in the literature. Unfortunately, these routes present high stepcount coupled with low overall yields. The use of chiral transfer reagents, such as chiral auxiliaries, chiral solvents, or chiral bases, has found broad application in organic synthesis whereby stereochemical information is transferred from a chiral to an achiral species and is incorporated into the product. Even when stoichiometric amounts of chiral transfer reagents are required, these tactics can often be economically favorable when the materials are easily derived from commodities or easily recycled from the process.