The use of simple chemical methods to generate and study reactive molecules has attracted some attention, but relatively little attention has been paid to sulfur monoxide. 1,2 Until now, the main method for generating SO has been the pyrolysis of episulfoxides 1,3-5 and other sulfoxides of varying structures. 6,7 The reactive SO molecule has been trapped as a thiophene-1-oxide with dienes and trienes. 8,9 Certain transition metal complexes have also been used to trap SO. 10 Atoms and small molecules are known to insert into the Pt-Pt bond of the platinum(I) complex Pt 2 (µ-dppm) 2 X 2 , 1 (X ) Cl, Br, I), to produce so-called A-frame molecules Pt 2 (µ-dppm) 2 X 2 (µ-Y), 2, Y ) S, SO 2 , CH 2 (from CH 2 N 2 ), CO, We recently uncovered a reaction (eq 1) that gradually generates SO in solution. 16 Sulfur monoxide was then either oxidized or, in separate experiments, trapped with a diene. We reasoned that SO logically could also be trapped by the Pt(I) complex 1, eq 2, to form Pt 2 (µ-dppm) 2 (µ-SO), 3.This reaction was successful, providing what we believe is the first µ-SO complex of platinum. Related complexes have been made with Pd 17,18 and Ni, 19 not through direct SO insertion but by oxidation of a µ-S complex. With that in mind, we carried out a parallel (and superior) synthesis of 3 based on an oxidation reaction, eq 3.The lemon-yellow compounds 1 and the yellow 2 (µ-S) were prepared by established procedures. 20,21 From reaction 3 22 a pure yellow product, 3a, was isolated in 92% yield. Recrystallization from chloroform-hexane afforded yellow crystals. The product was identified and characterized by elemental analysis, NMR, 23 and singlecrystal X-ray diffraction. 24 The iodide derivative 3b was similarly obtained in 86% yield as a yellow solid and (1) Abu-Yousef, I. A.; Harpp, D. N. Brown, M. P.; Puddephatt, R. J.; Rashidi, M.; Seddon, K. R. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1977, 951. (21) Brown, M. P.; Fisher, J. R.; Franklin, S. J.; Puddephatt, R. J. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1978, 749. (22) Compound 2a (250 mg, 0.20 mmol) and MTO (2.5 mg, 10 µmol) in 15 mL of chloroform were treated with 1 equiv of hydrogen peroxide.