We report nuclear spin hyperpolarization of various alkenes achieved in alkyne hydrogenations with parahydrogen over a metal-free hydroborane catalyst (HCAT). Being an intramolecular frustrated Lewis pair aminoborane, HCAT utilizes a non-pairwise mechanism of H 2 transfer to alkynes that normally prevents parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) from being observed. Nevertheless, the specific spin dynamics in catalytic intermediates leads to the hyperpolarization of predominantly one hydrogen in alkene. PHIP enabled the detection of important HCAT-alkyne-H 2 intermediates through substantial 1 H, 11 B and 15 N signal enhancement and allowed advanced characterization of the catalytic process.Nuclear magnetic resonance provides versatile tools for structure elucidation and understanding dynamics at the molecular level. [1] It is also at the heart of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a non-invasive and highly informative imaging method. However, the low intrinsic sensitivity of NMR dictated by low thermal spin polarization often leads to the insufficient signal strengths to perform reliable analysis. To date, several spin hyperpolarization techniques have been developed to boost the sensitivity. [2] Among them, parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) is based on the chemical activation of parahydrogen, [3] the nuclear spin-0 isomer of H 2 . The hyperpolarization is produced upon chemical addition of parahydrogen to a substrate due to breaking the magnetic equivalence of protons originating from parahydrogen. [4] The pair of H atoms must not be separated completely to observe the hyperpolarization, that is, the atoms must end up in the same molecule. These prerequisites are fulfilled, for instance, if parahydrogen molecules are involved in the homogeneous catalytic hydrogenations mediated by metal complexes. [3b,5] However, toxicity issues require efficient methods of catalyst separation from hyperpolarized products [6] and can limit their applications, especially in in vivo studies. Heterogeneous catalysts based on immobilized metal complexes, metal nanoparticles and binary metal compounds have also been demonstrated to enable PHIP. [7] The separation is easier in this case as compared to homogeneous catalysts but achieved hyperpolarization levels are typically quite modest.Metal-free homogeneous catalytic systems may provide essentially new alternatives for PHIP. Naturally, substances made of main biogenic elements can be more environmentally and biologically friendly as compared to their metal-containing counterparts. The mechanisms of H 2 activation, however, are significantly different for the metal and nonmetal extremes. Pioneered by Stephan et al., [8] activation of H 2 by frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) attracts extraordinary attention. First observations of spin hyperpolarization effects with metal-free systems were reported for ansa-aminoboranes (AABs), the intramolecular N-B FLPs of 2-boryl-benzylamine core. [9] Later, aromatic triphosphabenzene [10] and several novel 2-aminophenylboranes [11] were dem...