Developments in the area are mostly focused on carbon–carbon bond forming asymmetric reactions such as the aldol condensation and its variants, Michael reactions, Baylis–Hillman reactions and Mannich reactions.1 The major thrust in this effort began with the pioneering work by Barbas, List and others when they utilized L-proline to catalyse aldol reactions with excellent enantioselectivity. Since these reports, many applications of proline induced organocatalytic reactions have been reported with various selectivities and mechanistic investigations. In addition to proline, other chiral organic molecules based on thiourea,thiazolidine,4 cinchona alkaloids,5 peptides 6 and cabohydrates 7 have been screened successfully as organocatalysts for asymmetric reactions. In addition, some chiral amines and diamines have also been employed as organocatalysts for aldols and their variations with good enantioinduction.8