This contribution expands the still narrow class of functional ferrocene phosphanes with polar cationic groups, focusing on the synthesis and catalytic use of a series of phosphanylferrocene ligands bearing positively charged guanidinium tags, [R 2 PfcCH 2 NHC(NH 2 ) 2 ]Cl (3a-d), where fc = ferrocene-1,1′-diyl, R = isopropyl (a), cyclohexyl (b), phenyl (c), and 2-furyl (d). To probe the influence of phosphane substituents, these compounds were studied as supporting ligands in Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of acyl chlorides with arylboronic acids, in analogous coupling of aryl bromides with arylboronic acids, and in Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation of 1-hex- [a] 4846 ene using trans-[RhCl(CO){R 2 PfcCH 2 NHC(NH 2 ) 2 -κP} 2 ]Cl 2 complexes (4a-d) as pre-catalysts. The outcome of the cross-coupling reactions strongly depended on the starting materials, and no ligand generated a universally applicable catalyst when combined with Pd(OAc) 2 . In the hydroformylation reactions, the catalyst based on 4d led to lower conversions than all others, which performed rather similarly. Overall, the phenyl-substituted phosphane 3c emerged as a good compromise, giving rise to reasonably efficient and stable catalysts in most cases (except for Suzuki-Miyaura biaryl cross-couplings, wherein electron-rich alkylphosphanes performed better than 3c). Scheme 1. Phosphinoferrocene ligands bearing guanidinium pendants. Note: among compounds 3, only 3c has been reported before.