The Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction between oxazolidinone-based dienophiles 4-6 and cyclopentadiene is efficiently catalyzed by the chiral metallocene complex [(S)-1,2-ethylenebis(eta(5)-tetrahydroindenyl)]Zr(OTf)(2) (2) as well as its titanium analog (3). The level of asymmetric induction. is dramatically affected by solvent polarity; in CH2Cl2 solvent the cycloaddition process is essentially nonstereoselective, whereas in CH3NO2 or 2-nitropropane, higher enantioselectivity (>70% ee) is observed. This behavior can be partially explained with reference to the results of variable-temperature NMR studies of the complexes derived from rac-2 and dienophile 4.