[reaction: see text] The direct, high-yield conversion of readily available ferrocenylmethyl alcohols to ferrocenylmethylphosphines and the application of ferrocenylmethylphosphines as efficient ligands for room temperature Suzuki cross-coupling reaction of aryl bromides with phenylboronic acid are reported. The procedure of directly converting ferrocenylmethyl alcohols to ferrocenylmethylphosphines described here should find applications in the synthesis of many metallocenylmethylphosphines including optically active ones.