Reaction of terephtalaldehyde with diethyl phosphite catalyzed by potassium fluoride and alumina has been intensively studied in the literature because of its stereoselective course which, despite of using non-chiral substrates, results in a predominant formation of one diastereoisomer. However, the absolute configuration of the formed 1,4-di[(diethoxyphosphoryl)hydroxymethyl]benzene remains to be undefined so far, because of its high symmetry and thus the failure of the methods commonly used in stereochemistry. Application of stereoselective biocatalysis appeared to be a successful way to help to determine stereomeric composition of this compound, which was resolved as RR/SS mixture.