The substitution of the CO ligand in rhodium(I) β-ketoiminato complexes Rh(R₁{O,N}R₂)(CO)₂ ({O,N}=R₁C(O)CHC(NH)R₂; R₁, R₂=CF₃, Me, CMe₃ in several combinations) by phosphorus ligands PZ₃ (PZ₃=PCy₃, PPh₃, P(OPh)₃, P(NC₄H₄)₃) leads to Rh(R₁{O,N}R₂)(CO)(PZ₃) complexes characterised by ³¹P{¹H}-NMR and X-ray methods. The stronger σ-donor PZ₃ ligands (PZ₃=PCy₃, PPh₃) substitute almost exclusively the CO group trans to N, forming P-trans-to-N isomers. The complexes Rh(CF₃{O,N}Me)(CO)(PCy₃) (II), Rh(CF₃{O,N}CMe₃)(CO)(PCy₃) (III), Rh(CF₃{O,N}Me)(CO)(PPh₃) (IV) and Rh(CF₃{O,N}CMe)(CO)(PPh₃) (V) are of a square-planar geometry with a slight tetrahedral distortion around the rhodium atom in II, III and V. The Rh-P(PCy₃) bonds are slightly longer than the Rh-P(PPh₃) bonds. The reaction of stoichiometric amounts of the less basic P(OPh)₃ or P(NC₄H₄)₃ ligands leads to the formation of both isomers of the Rh(R₁{O,N}R₂)(CO)(P(OPh)₃) or Rh(R₁{O,N}R₂)(CO)(P(NC₄H₄) ₃) complex in comparable yields. The Rh-P(P(OPh)₃) distance (2.195(2) Å) in the isomer of Rh(CF₃{O,N}CMe₃)(CO)(P(OPh)₃) with P(OPh)₃ coordinated trans to N (VI) is ca. 0.04 Å longer than in the isomer of that complex with P(OPh)₃ coordinated trans to O (VII). The CO substitution in Rh(R₁{O,N}R₂)(CO)₂ by PZ₃ ligands (PPh₃, PCy₃, P(OPh)₃) causes the shortening of the Rh-C(CO) bond by ca. 0.04 Å compared to Rh(CF₃{O,N}Me)(CO)₂ (I), making difficult the coordination of another PZ₃ ligand, especially one with stronger σ-donor properties. The more π-acceptor P(OPh)₃ ligands form bis-phosphito complexes and Rh(CF₃{O,N}CMe₃){P(OPh)₃}₂ (VIII) exhibits inequivalence of the two P(OPh)₃ ligands in solution (³¹P-NMR) as well as in solid form (X-ray).