The commercial availability of (2)-sparteine reflects its easy isolation by extraction of papilionaceous plants such as Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius). The aim of this review is to highlight recent advances in the field of asymmetric synthesis that use sparteine as chiral diamine ligand, emphasizing the use of sub-stoichiometric or catalytic amounts of this ligand. Lithium, palladium copper, cobalt, nickel, titanium and zinc chloride complexes with sparteine. It has found widespread use as a chiral ligand for asymmetric reactions. Asymmetric aldol reaction, Sonogashira-type reaction, Henry reaction, Oxidative kinetic resolutions of secondary alcohols, Michael addition reaction, asymmetric aerobic oxidative, Wacker cyclization of allylphenol, deprotonation, Mukaiyama aldol reaction are the various asymmetric reactions often lead to highly enantioselective transformations biologically active molecules and natural products.