The non-linear-like effect (NLLE), activity, temperature dependence, and kinetics of hydroxy-[2.2]paracyclophane ketimine ligands have been investigated with the 1,2-addition reaction of diethylzinc to cyclohexanecarbaldehyde. A linear correlation between the enantiomeric excess of AHPC ketimine ligands bearing a phenylethyl side group and the product was observed with 0.5 mol % of catalyst loading. On increasing the catalyst loading to 4 mol %, a precipitate of the inactive heterochiral species was formed and resulted in a positive nonlinear-like effect. The enantiomeric ratio was found to have linear temperature dependence.Keywords: asymmetric catalysis; catalytic activity; non-linear-like effect; paracyclophanes Asymmetric catalysis often displays a relationship between selectivity and reactivity. Intricate molecular mechanisms with a number of rate constants often lead to complex rate laws. The latter have not been elucidated in most cases although attempts have been made to unravel them.[1] Features such as non-linear effects, [2] autocatalysis, [3] reservoir effects, chiral poisoning, [4] and asymmetric activation [5] have been discovered in asymmetric catalytic reactions.[6] In particular, the strong non-linear effect associated with Noyoris DAIB ligand in the addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde has been thoroughly investigated.[7a]Since the initial reports of Reich and Cram, [8] the field of [2.2]paracyclophane chemistry has grown considerably.[9] The chemical behavior of [2.2]paracyclophanes is currently well understood allowing predictable modification of this relatively stable class of molecules. [10 -13] Within the last few years, various new paracyclophane ligands have been used for asymmetric catalysis. [14 -17] In particular, the asymmetric 1,2-addition reaction of zinc reagents [18] such as alkyl, [19 -21] alkenyl, [22] aryl [23] and alkynyl [24] zinc reagents with aldehydes or imines, [19,20,23] can be efficiently controlled by the application of hydroxy[2.2]paracyclophane ketimine ligands.[17]We recently reported the synthesis of the [2.2]paracyclophane-based ketimine ligands (R P ,S)-2, (S P ,S)-2, (R P ,S)-3, and (S P ,S)-3 and their application in asymmetric catalysis such as the addition of zinc reagents to aldehydes. [19] During these studies, we observed not only that these ligands are highly active, [21,25] but also that they display mismatched and matched cases. [19,22] In general, the [2.2]paracyclophane backbone determines the configuration of the product. However, it was possible to finetune the ligand system by adjusting the side groups.The successful applications of these [2.2]paracyclophane-based ligands led to further investigations of this system. In this manuscript, we disclose our findings which lead to a deeper understanding of this ligand class. We present studies of the non-linear-like effect (NLLE) [26] with the enantiomeric pairs 1 and 3, respectively. In addition, we investigated the activity of the diastereomers (R P ,S)-2 and (S P ,S)-2 and the diaste...