(S)-6, 6′-Dibromo-BINOL and (S)-6, 6′-diphenyl-BINOL have been developed as efficient chiral ligands applicable to lanthanoid catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation of α, β-unsaturated ketones in the presence of cumene hydroperoxide. Excellent chemical yield and enantioselectivity have been achieved for several epoxides at room temperature by using 5mol% of La (Oi-Pr) 3-(S)-6, 6′-dibromo-BINOL and Gd (Oi-Pr) 3-(S)-6, 6′-diphenyl- ...