Fig. 1: Design plan: NiH-catalysed asymmetric hydroamidation to access bioactive chiral α-aminoboronic acids.

a Representative α-aminoboronic acids. b Strategies for the catalytic asymmetric construction of α-aminoboronic acids. c This work: NiH-catalysed asymmetric hydroamidation of alkenyl boronates. Bpin, pinacol boronic ester.