Low valent phosphorus, including phosphaalkenes, are relatively unexplored compared to phosphines as ligand motifs in catalysis.[1]  This research focuses on the development of new ligands bearing both a phosphaalkene and an amine.  A bidentate pyridyl containing phosphaalkene ligand (1) and its coordination to palladium will be disclosed (eq 1).  The palladium(II) complex (2) was found to catalyze the Overman rearrangement (eq 2).