The platinum ethylene complexes (PyPyr)Pt(C 2 H 4 )Cl (1) and (PyPyr)Pt(C 2 H 4 )OTf (4) (PyPyr = 3,5-diphenyl-2-(2-pyridyl)pyrrolide) were treated with 1 equiv of LiN(SiMe 3 ) 2 , LiN i Pr 2 , and LiNH-(o-xylyl) to produce the platinum complexes (PyPyr)PtH[η 2 -CH 2 dCHN(SiMe 3 ) 2 ] (5), (PyPyr)Pt[κ 2 C,N-(CH 2 CH 2 N i Pr 2 )] (6), and (PyPyr)Pt{κ 2 C,N-[CH 2 CH 2 NH(o-xylyl)]} (7), respectively. X-ray crystallography reveals that 7 adopts a square-planar geometry at the platinum center and the azaplatinacyclobutane ring displays a puckering of the β-carbon out of planarity by 0.270 Å . Thermolysis of 5 and 7 at 60°C for 16 h releases the vinylamines (CH 2 dCH)N(SiMe 3 ) 2 and (CH 2 dCH)NH(o-xylyl), respectively. Heating 5 and 7 under 1 atm of H 2 at 60°C releases the ethylamines EtN(SiMe 3 ) 2 and EtNH(o-xylyl), respectively. Addition of P i Pr 3 to 7 produces (PyPyr)Pt(P i Pr 3 )[CH 2 CH 2 NH(o-xylyl)] (8) in 95% yield, while additions of 1 equiv of a Lewis base (L) to 1 result in displacement of ethylene to give (PyPyr)Pt(L)Cl (L = NEt 3 (9), NH 2 Ph (10), P i Pr 3 (11)). The amido complex (PyPyr)Pt(P i Pr 3 )[NH(o-xylyl)] (12) results from treament of 11 with LiNH(o-xylyl), and 12 does not undergo ethylene insertion into the Pt-N bond under 1 atm of C 2 H 4 at 120°C over 3 days. Addition of 1 equiv of LiNH(o-xylyl) to (PyPyr)Pt(SMe 2 )Cl (2) produces the μ-amido-bridged dimer [(PyPyr)Pt(μ-NH(o-xylyl))] 2 (13), and treatment of 13 with 2 equiv of i Pr 3 P produces 12. These reactivity studies are consistent with a mechanism for the formation of 5-7 involving nucleophilic attack of an amide onto coordinated olefin.