Density functional theory (DFT) has been applied to study the enantioselective reduction of 3-morpholin-4-yl-1-phenyl-1-propanone with borane catalyzed by (S)-4-benzyl-5,5- diphenyl-1,3,2-oxazaborolidine at the B3LYP/6-31G* level. All molecular species involved in the four reaction steps have been fully optimized and the structural parameters are provided, and the micro process of reaction was also investigated. The catalyst-alkoxyborane adduct formed in step III exhibits a B-O-B-N tetra-atomic ring. Reaction coordination calculations show that BH3 can react with 3-morpholin-4-yl-1-phenyl-1-propanone spontaneously, resulting in the need of 2 mol BH3 in the reaction. Density functional theory (DFT) has been applied to study the enantioselective reduction of 3-morpholin-4-yl- 1 -phenyl- 1 -propanone with borane catalyzed by (S) -4-benzyl- 3,2-oxazaborolidine at the B3LYP / 6-31G * level. All molecular species involved in the four reaction steps have been fully optimized and the structural parameters are provided, and the micro process of reaction was also investigated. The catalyst-alkoxyborane adduct formed in step III exhibits a BOBN tetra-atomic ring. Reaction coordination calculations show that BH3 can react with 3-morpholin-4-yl-1-phenyl-1-propanone spontaneously, resulting in the need of 2 mol BH3 in the reaction.