['In this thesis, a conjugate reaction of a variety of aryl- and alkenyl- boronic acids, in the presence of 1.5 mol% of [RhCl(COD)]2 catalyst with (R)-47 is described. The conjugate addition reactions conducted at 3 °C, employing 1.2 equiv KOH as the basic additive and using MeOH as the solvent proceeded in a high diastereoselective fashion to give the conjugate adduct in 52−99% yield. In addition, the enantioselective conjugate addition reaction of 68 with 51a, catalyzed by 3 mol% of Rh(I)/L1 was also studied. Compound 79 was obtained as a single diastereomer in 90−98% ee. ']