Enantioselective C--C bond formation to 2-pyridinesulfonylimines afforded products with good enantioselectivity. Dynamic induction of chirality on the sulfur by coordination of a chiral Lewis acid to the pyridine nitrogen and one of the prochiral sulfonyl oxygens induces enantioselectivity. Since the 2-pyridinesulfonyl group can easily be removed after the reaction, it acts not only as an activating
Enantioselective nucleophilic addition of Grignard reagents to N-(2-pyridylsulfonyl)imines in the presence of bis(oxazoline) afforded products with good enantioselectivity. Dynamically induced chirality on the sulfur by coordination of a chiral Lewis acid to a pyridyl nitrogen and one of the sulfonyl oxygens fixes the conformation of the complex and induces enantioselectivity. Since the 2-pyridylsulfonyl