New iron(0), chromium(0), molybdenum(0), and tungsten(0) π-complexes containing η 2 -, η 3 -, and η 4 -coordinated tert-butyl(1,3-dimethyl-2-butenylidene)amine ligands were synthesized under conditions of photochemical and thermal activation. The geometric, electronic, and energetic parameters of the coordinated 1,3-azadiene were calculated by nonempirical methods, and factors determining the mode of coordination were established. The obtained π-complexes reacted with dialkyl phosphonates in the presence of triethylamine to afford organometallic α-aminophosphonates; hydrophosphorylation in the absence of a catalyst gave the corresponding amidophosphate which then underwent rearrangement into α-aminophosphonate.