A novel approach for determining the absolute configuration of a chiral compound is proposed. The methodology is based on the distinct conformational effects imposed on a chiral substrate by each enantiomer of a chiral derivatizing agent. As a proof of concept, it is shown that the absolute configuration of 2-arylpyrrolidines can easily be determined by inspection of the multiplicity of the NMR signal of the methine proton of the pyrrolidine ring in the corresponding Mosher's amides.