1,4-Digerma-2-buten-1,4-diylplatinum(II) complexes were prepared by treatment of a(
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-ethylene)(triphenylphosphine)platinum(0) complex with (
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-bis(dialkylgermyl)styrenes,and their structures were determined by spectroscopic analysis coupled with X-ray diffractionmethods. Thermolysis of 1,4-digerma-2-buten-1,4-diylplatinum(II) complexes afforded linearand cyclic trigermanes and a dinuclear platinum complex. The 1,4-digerma-2-buten-1,4-diylplatinum(II) complexes reacted with alkynes to give the corresponding insertion products,cyclic germyl(germylvinyl)platinum(II) species, whose structures have been determined byspectroscopic analysis. The cyclic germyl(germylvinyl)platinum(II) complexes were foundto easily liberate 1,4-digermacyclohexa-2,5-dienes and a platinum(0) complex. The reactionsof 1,4-digerma-2-buten-1,4-diylplatinum(II) complexes with carbon monoxide and isocyanidesafforded the corresponding platinum complexes containing one carbon monoxide and oneisocyanide ligand, respectively.