A new set of stable chiral bicyclo[2.2.1] diene ligands were prepared from (-)-bornyl acetate 49, and were employed in the rhodium(I)-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of arylboronic acids to fumarates. In this catalytic system, rhodium-diene complex (1.0 mol%) generated in situ from chiral diene 53a and [RhCl(C2H4)2]2 successfully yielded the corresponding adducts with good to excellent chemical yields and excellent levels of enantioselectivities (up to >99.5% ee). This methodology was demonstrated by its utilization in the enantioselective total synthesis of 3-(2-methoxyphenyl)pyrrolidine (an α2-adrenoceptor antagonist) and asymmetric synthesis of N-benzyl-3-phenylpyrrolidine.