Reaction of [Pt(CH
3)
2(COD)] (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) with Ph
2PC
CC
CPPh
2 led to a mixture of [{Pt(CH
3)
2}
2(
-Ph
2PC
4PPh
2)
2] (
1) and [{Pt(CH
3)
2}
3(
-Ph
2PC
4PPh
2)
3] (
2). Reaction of [PtCl
2(COD)] with Ph
2PC
CC
CPPh
2 led to a mixture of the thermally unstable compounds [{PtCl
2}
2(
-Ph
2PC
4PPh
2)
2] (
3) and [{PtCl
2}
3(
-Ph
2PC
4PPh
2)
3] (
4) which transform into [{PtMe
2}
2{
-C
8(PPh
2)
4}] (
5) and [{PtMe
2}
3{
3-C
12(PPh
2)
6}] (
6) containing 8-membered diene-diyne and 12-membered triene-triyne rings, respectively. Compound
2 can be converted to [{PtMe
2}
3{C
12(PPh
2)
6}] (
7) by heating with CuCl at 80
C, while
1 can be heated without significant cycloaddition.