A series of easily prepared bulky P*-chiral diamidophosphites based on (2R,5S)-3-phenyl-1,3-diaza-2-phosphabicyclo[3.3.0]octane and (2R,5S)-3-(p-bromophenyl)-1,3-diaza-2-phosphabicyclo[3.3.0]octane backbones have been designed and developed. Ligands of this type exhibited high enantioselectivities in Pd-catalysed allylic substitution reactions of (E)-1,3-diphenylallyl acetate with NaSO2pTol (up to 87 % ee), CH2(CO2Me)2 (up to 92 % ee), (C3H7)2NH (up to 93 % ee) and (CH2)4NH (up to 99 % ee). These novel stereoselectors have also been successfully employed in Rh-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenations of dimethyl itaconate (up to 76 % ee), methyl (Z)-2-acetamido-3-phenylacrylate (up to 73 % ee) and methyl 2-acetamidoacrylate (up to 98 % ee). Cu-catalysed conjugate addition of diethylzinc to cyclohexenone leads to a maximum of 70 % ee with quantitative conversion.