The UV irradiation of a mixture of PtMe 2 (cod) (cod = 1,5cyclooctadiene) and n-C 4 F 9 I in a 1:12 molar ratio for 15 min produces Pt(n-C 4 F 9 ) 2 (cod) in 61% yield at room temperature. The reaction without irradiation, as reported previously, proceeds much more slowly; heating the mixture for 7 days at 50 °C forms PtMe(n-C 4 F 9 )(cod) in 9% yield and no Pt(n-C 4 F 9 ) 2 (cod). Pt(n-C 4 F 9 ) 2 (cod) is converted to complexes having chelating ligands, Pt(n-C 4 F 9 ) 2 (L) (L = dppe (1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane), dppp (1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane), bpy (2,2′-bipyridine)). The photoassisted fluoroalkylation of PtMe(n-C 4 F 9 )(cod) also affords Pt(n-C 4 F 9 ) 2 (cod), while the monomethylplatinum complexes PtMe(C 6 H 4 -4-F)(cod) and PtClMe(cod) react with n-C 4 F 9 I under photoirradiation to afford complexes with a perfluorobutyl ligand, Pt(n-C 4 F 9 )(C 6 H 4 -4-F)(cod) and PtCl(n-C 4 F 9 )(cod), respectively. The above reactions do not provide isolable Pt(IV) complexes, in contrast to the reactions of alkyl or fluoroalkyl iodides with diorganoplatinum(II) complexes having dinitrogen ligands. The mechanism of the fluoroalkylation of Pt(II) complexes under photoirradiation is discussed on the basis of the reaction products.