The one-pot synthesis of useful [Pt 2 (0)(η 4 -1,6-diene) 3 ] complexes, directly from H 2 PtCl 6 ‚xH 2 O, has remained an unaddressed problem. We haVe found that the treatment of an i-PrOH solution of H 2 PtCl 6 ‚xH 2 O by (Me 3 SiO) 2 MeSi(CHdCH 2 ), in the presence of allyl ether (AE), followed by reaction of the in situ generated Pt(0) species with IPr carbene (IPr ) 1,3bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) enables the isolation of (IPr)Pt(AE) (1) in 50-70% yield. The scope of this method has been extended to other (L)Pt(1,6-diene) complexes (L ) 1,3-dicyclohexylimidazol-2-ylidene, triphenylphoshine; 1,6diene ) diethyl 2,2-diallylmalonate (DAM)), and the molecular structure of the (IPr)Pt(DAM) (4) complex has been unequiVocally determined by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. These results are significant for the formation of actiVe L-Pt-(0) fragments in catalysis.