Chiral disulfonimides having the formula I to III, wherein at least one of the groups A and B in the compound of formula I, C and D of the compound in formula II, and E and F of the compound in formula III is a chiral group, or E and F together form a chiral backbone, X is C, Si, O, N or S, and n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, where n is >1 only if X is C, and G is as defined herein, and to the organic salts, metal salts and metal complexes thereof, are suited as NMR shift reagents and as reagents for racemate splitting, and also as chiral Brønsted acid catalysts or chiral Lewis acid catalysts for activating ketones, aldehydes and alkenes, and also as catalysts in the organic synthesis.