Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of prochiral alkenes' and ketones2 has been extensively investigated and various homogeneous catalysts have been found to be efficient in the asymmetric hydrogenation of imines.3-5 In this paper we present the first example of asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation of imines in a two-phase system using a water-soluble catalyst to give secondary amines with almost complete enantioselectivity [>go% enantiomeric excess (e . e . )] .6 ...