The N-glycosyl-iminocarboxylate complexes Cp*M(Cl)N(R)=C(R')CO2 (M = Rh, Ir; R = glycosyl, R ’ = Me, Ph, CH2CHMe2) with a chiral metal atom are formed in a template reaction from [Cp*MCl2]2 (M = Rh, Ir), the 2-keto carboxylic acid and tetra-O-acetyl-β-Dglucosamine, D-glucosamine or D-glucamine as mixtures of two diastereoisomers and were characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods.