Due to the radical nature of such reactions it is not surprising that there have been no reports of enantioselective variants of the above reactions. Recent breakthroughs from G.C. Fu and Y. Fu's labs have provided the first proof of concept for synthesizing chiral dialkyl carbinols using radical chemistry (Figure ). Both protocols are wedded to Ni-H catalyzed asymmetric hydroalkylation reactions on either simple olefins or enol esters. When using olefins, a-bromo esters (derived in one step from the corresponding aldehyde with RCOBr) are used as the coupling partner. Enol esters (derived either from an aldehyde or alkyne), in contrast, employ alkyl iodides as the radical donor. Finally, while not