New chiral sulfur-containing derivatives were prepared in the diastereoselective nucleophilic additions of thiophenols to the commercially available (1R)-(−)-myrtenal. The newly synthesized 3-phenylsulfanyl derivatives containing an aldehyde functionality were successfully transformed into enantiopure compounds with S, Se and N-donor atoms and applied as chiral ligands in palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylations (Tsuji–Trost reaction) providing products with enantioselectivities of up to 75% ee.