Partial dehalogenation reaction of [Pt(C ∧ N)(μ-Cl)] 2 [C ∧ N = 2,6-diphenylpyridinate (dppyH), 7,8-benzoquinolate (bzq)] with NaCtC t Bu (or HCtC t Bu/NEt 3 /CuI) proceeds with formation of binuclear ([{Pt(dppyH)} 2 (μ-Cl)(μ-CtC t Bu)], 1) or tetranuclear ([Pt 2 (bzq) 2 (μ-Cl)(μ-CtC t Bu)] 2 , 4) complexes, depending on the nature of the cyclometalated ligand. Similar halide-bridged complexes 2, 3, 5, and 6 have also been prepared. The X-ray structures of 1, 4, and 5 reveal the selective formation in all cases of the isomer having the bridging chlorine atom located in a trans position to the metalated carbon atoms of two Pt(C ∧ N) units. In 4 and 5, the tetrahedral Pt 4 core is additionally stabilized by short Pt 3 3 3 Pt and π 3 3 3 π intramolecular bonding interactions, which have influence on their photophysical properties. The lower lying absorption bands are ascribed to mixed 1 MLCT [PtfdppyH]/ 1 LL 0 CT [CtCR/XfdppyH] (complexes 1-3) or to 1 MMLL 0 CT transitions (L = CtCR, L 0 = bzq) (complexes 4-6, TD-DFT). Complexes 1-3 are nonemissive. By contrast, the tetranuclear clusters are brightly emissive at 77 K (solid state, frozen CH 2 Cl 2 ), exhibiting an unstructured orange emission (560-580 nm). This emission has been attributed, according to computational studies of the frontier orbitals in the optimized T 1 state of 5, to an excited state of large [Pt(d)/π(CtCR)/Pt(d)fbzq/bzq] character, with the LUMO delocalized on the adjacent Pt(bzq) fragments. In frozen CH 2 Cl 2 , an additional low-energy shoulder (∼640-675 nm) is also detected, probably due to the presence of close distinct emissive states originating in small modifications in the ground-state structure in frozen solution.