Design and synthesis of new chiral phosphorus–olefin bidentate ligands and their use in the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric addition of organoboroxines to N-sulfonyl imines

Novel chiral phosphorus–olefin bidentate ligands have been synthesized in a few steps from a readily available enantiopure compound. These ligands have been applied to a rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric addition of organoboroxines to N-sulfonyl aldimines, achieving high yield and enantioselectivity.