The complex cation [Pt3(2,6-Me2C6H3NC)2(µ-dppm)3]2+, dppm = Ph2PCH2PPh2, characterized by X-ray structure analysis, is the first triplatinum cluster which contains no single-atom bridging ligand; it completes a series of clusters based on the equatorial [Pt3(µ-dppm)3] unit ...