The Ni(acac)2 catalytic ZnEt2-mediated asym. Reformatsky-type reaction of Evans chiral imide with various acetophenones was studied.The chiral imido zinc enolate, which was formed through the metal-halogen exchange reaction of chiral α-bromopropionyl-2-oxazolidinones with di-Et zinc under the catalysis of Ni(acac)2, performed the asym. zinc-Reformatsky reaction with activated α-haloacetophenones to give the chiral β-hydroxyamide in good yields and high ratios of syn-(2R,3R)-isomers (up to >97%).This asym. synthesis technol. affords a practical method to synthesize the versatile chiral building block, e.g., (R,R)-I, for triazole antifungal agents, such as Voriconazole, Ravuconazole, TAK-187, and RO-0094815.