An effective method for the asymmetric synthesis of 5-hydrazinothiazol-4-one-5-carboxylates was developed. The tetrasubstituted chiral carbon center was generated by asymmetric amination of thiazol-4-one-5-carboxylate with azodicarboxylate catalyzed by a bifunctional squaramidebased (1R,2R)-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine backbone in good to excellent yields (40-96%) with high levels of enantioselectiv-ity (92-98% ee). A representative transformation of the amination product to a biologically important 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-one is achieved without any appreciable loss in enantioselectivity. Additionally, upon treatment with NaBH 3 CN, the amination product could also be converted into a biologically important thiazolidin-4-one derivative in good yield without any loss of stereochemical integrity.