Phenyl(iodo)platinum complexes having a 2,2 0bipyridine (bpy) or 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (dppe) ligand react with incompletely condensed silsesquioxane (c-C 5 H 9 ) 7 Si 7 O 9 (OH) 3 in the presence of Ag 2 O to yield platinasilsesquioxane complexes [Pt{(c-C 5 H 9 ) 7 Si 7 O 10 (OH) 2 }(C 6 H 5 )-(L)] (1, L = bpy; 2, L = dppe). NMR spectroscopy revealed their square-planar structures with an O-coordinated silsesquioxanate ligand and O-H 3 3 3 O hydrogen bonds within the ligand. Both complexes undergo transmetalation of p-methoxyphenylboronic acid to afford unsymmetrical diarylplatinum complexes [Pt(C 6 H 4 OCH 3 -p)(C 6 H 5 )(L)] (3, L=bpy; 4, L=dppe).