The first example of intermolecular hydrophosphination of styrene,2 -vinylpyridine and phenylacetylene with PH 3 catalyzed by bis-(amido) complexes [(Me 3 Si) 2 N] 2 M(NHC) 2 (M = Ca, Yb, Sm) coordinated by NHC ligands is described. The reactions of styrene with PH 3 proceed under mild conditions in quantitative yields to afford only anti-Markovnikov product and allow for the chemoselective synthesis of primary,s econdary and tertiary phosphines. Addition of phenylacetylene to PH 3 regardless the initial molar substrates ratio resultsi nt he exclusive formation of at ertiaryt ris-(Z-styryl)-phosphine. Crucial effect of the Lewis base coordinated to the metal ion in precatalyst on catalytic activity in styrene hydrophosphinationw ith PH 3 was demonstrated. Free NHCs were also found to be able to promote addition of PH 3 to styrene, however they provide much lower reactionr ates comparedt ot he metal complexes.The formation of CÀPb onds by single-step intermolecular hydrophosphination reactions of unsaturated substrates is a promising, atom-efficient route to av ariety of phosphorus-containing compounds. To date, an umber of examples of this transformationh ave been achieved due to acid, [1] base, [2] dtransition, [3] alkaline-earth, [4] andr are-earth metal catalysis. [4a, 5] Radicali nitiation [2a,c, 6] was also reported and is covered in several reviews. [2c, 5e, 7] Despite the progress achieved in this area, a substrate scope of this reactionr emains limited and mainly involves activated olefins and ubiquitousp henyl-and diphenylphosphine. Meanwhile, PH 3 addition to alkenes and alkynes, which is ap rogressive and convenient syntheticr oute to av ariety of primary,s econdary and tertiaryp hosphines, still re-mains poorly explored. Ease of synthesis of PH 3 ,i ts low cost (vs. PhPH 2 )a nd availability make it ac ommercially attractive startingc ompound fort he synthesis of phosphines. Hydrophosphination of multiple CÀCb onds with PH 3 becomes feasible under free radical initiation, [8] acid [1] and superbasic [9] conditions, or UV irradiation. [10] However,t his reaction suffers from a lack of selectivity.T he only example of applying late transition metal complexes for catalytic hydrophosphination of activated substrates (acrylonitrile, [11] ethyl acrylate, [12] formaldehyde [13] ) with PH 3 was published by Pringle and co-workers. No examples of PH 3 addition to non-activated olefins, vinyl arenes and alkynes catalyzed by rare-and alkaline-earth metals complexes have been published so far.M oreover,t he examples of hydrophosphination reactions catalyzed by free carbenes also still remain unknown despite the immense progress in organocatalysis achieved through their use. [14] We found that homoand heterolepticY b II ,S m II and Ca II amido complexes [4a,c, 5b] performing with high catalytic activity in styrene hydrophosphination with Ph 2 PH and PhPH 2 proved to be completely inert in the case of PH 3 .C omplex {LO NO4 }YbN(SiMe 3 ) 2 (1) [4a] was the only exception that enabled transformationo fP H 3...