The straightforward design of a new library of chiral ligands (elpanphos) based on β‐1,2‐D‐glucodiamine is described, which represents the enantiomeric counterpart of the naplephos library. In this guise, two representative ligands have been successfully applied in the Pd‐catalyzed desymmetrization of meso‐cyclopent‐2‐ene‐1,4‐diol, which leads to the expected enantiomer within short times and with high ees in both traditional and unconventional solvents.