Highly enantioselective intermolecular bromoesterification of alkenes was achieved for the first time. Both C–O and C–Br bonds were introduced enantioselectively in this olefin addition reaction. The sulfonamide NH directing group is important for both the reactivity and enantioselectivity.
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Zhang et al. (2013) studied this question.