1 Soft Molecular Activation Research Center (SMARC), Chiba Iodine Resource Innovation Center (CIRIC), Molecular Chirality Research Center (MCRC), Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi, Inage, Chiba, Japan. skuwano@chiba-u.jp tarai@faculty.chiba-u.jp.
A newly developed benzazaborole smoothly catalyzed the enantioselective sulfonylation of cis-1,2-diols. Using a chiral benzazaborole/NMI co-catalyst system, various sulfonate esters were prepared in high yields with good enantioselectivities.