Herein, we present a much-improved synthesis of an alkali metal complex of this ligand, the Na + salt NaP(Si i Pr3)2 (1), which has been obtained in a 42% isolated yield and in a single step. This has allowed us to prepare the family of Group 12 complexes M[P(Si i Pr3)2]2 (M = Zn (2), Cd (3), Hg (4)), demonstrating the synthetic utility of this ligand precursor in transmetallation reactions.