Two new synthetic, routes are presented that allow the convenient preparation and isolation of bis(diphenylacetylene)platinum(0) under ambient conditions. The first procedure is based on a ligand exchange reaction between Ph-CdropC-Ph and tris(styrene)platinum(0). The second framework relies on the reduction of cis-[PtCl2(PhCH=CH2)(2)] with triphenylsilane in the presence of diphenylacetylene.