Cationic imidazoliumyl(phosphonio)-phosphanides [L C −P−PR 3 ] + (1a−e + , L C = 4,5-dimethyl-1,3-diisopropylimidazolium-2-yl; R = alkyl, aryl) are obtained via the nucleophilic fragmentation of tetracationic tetraphosphetane [(L C −P) 4 ][OTf] 4 (2[OTf] 4 ) with tertiary phosphanes. They act as [L C −P] + transfer reagents in phospha-Wittig-type reactions, when converted with various thiocarbonyls, giving unprecedented cationic phosphaalkenes [L C −P�CR 2 ] + (5a-f[OTf]) or phosphanides [L C −P−CR(NR 2 ′)] + (6a-d[OTf]). Theoretical calculations suggest that three-membered cyclic thiophosphiranes are crucial intermediates of this reaction. To test this hypothesis, treatment of [L C −P−PPh 3 ] + with phosphaalkenes, that are isolobal to thioketones, permits the isolation of diphosphirane salts 11a,b[OTf]. Furthermore, preliminary studies suggest that the cationic phosphaalkene [L C −P�CPh 2 ] + may be employed to access rare examples of η 2 −P�C π-complexes with Pd 0 and Pt 0 when treated with [Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 ] and [Pt(PPh 3 ) 3 ] for which analogous complexes of neutral phosphaalkenes are scarce. The versatility of [L C −P] +as a valuable P 1 building block was showcased in substitution reactions of the transferred L C -substituent using nucleophiles. This is demonstrated through the reactions of 5a[OTf] and 6c[OTf] with Grignard reagents and KNPh 2 , providing a convenient, highyielding access to MesP�CPh 2 (16) and otherwise difficult-to-synthesize 1,3-diphosphetane 17 and P-aminophosphaalkenes.