In order to apply boronic acid–saccharide interactions to the chiroselective synthesis of Δ- and Λ-[Co III (bpy) 3] 3+ saccharide-binding ligands, 2, 2′-bipyridine-4-boronic acid (bpymb) and 2, 2′-bipyridine-4, 4′-diboronic acid (bpydb) were newly synthesized. It was shown that most D-saccharides form cyclic 1∶ 1 complexes with bpydb to afford the CD- active species. The positive exciton coupling band implies that two pyridine rings are ...