[S]-1,2-ethylenebis(3-t-butylcyclopendadaienyl)titanium dichloride ([S]-5) can be obtained in high optical purity through kinetic resolution of the racemate (rac-5) using [S]-binaphthol. The structure of rac-1,2-ethylenebis(3-t-butylcyclopentadienyl)titanium binaphtholate (rac-7) was determined by X-ray crystallography: C40H40O2Ti, monoclinic, P2(1)/c, a = 14.455(3) Angstrom, b = 13.710(3) Angstrom, c = 17.278(4) Angstrom, beta = 109.80(2)degrees, V = 3221.7(13) Angstrom, Z = 4, 4599 observed reflections with F greater than or equal to 6 sigma(F), R = 0.0337, R(w) = 0.0359. The addition of [S] = (1-methylallyl)-1,2-ethylenebis(3-t-butylcyclopentadienyl)titanium ([S]-6), formed in situ from [S]-5, to aldehydes was investigated and provides beta-methyl homoallylic alcohols in moderate yields. The stereoselectivity of the reaction and the sense of asymmetric induction depends on the steric bulk of the aldehyde. The results were rationalized using the results of a molecular modelling study on transition state models which reproduced the general trends in the experimental results.