Definitive 1H, 31P and 195Pt NMR data are reported for the complexes [PtX 2(dppm)] (X = Cl, Br or I; dppm = Ph 2PCH 2PPh 2), [Pt 2X 2(μ-dppm) 2], [Pt 2X 2(μ-H)(μ-dppm) 2] +, [Pt 2H 2(μ-H)(μ-dppm) 2] +, [Pt 2Cl 2(μ-Y)(μ-dppm) 2] (Y = CH 2. S or SO 2), [Pt 2Me 2(μ-Cl)(μ-dppm) 2] + and [Pt 2Me 3(μ-dppm) 2] +. The complexes [Pt 2X 2(μ-H)(μ-dppm) 2] + (X = Br or I) are reported for the first time, and the evidence is presented that [Pt 2H 2Cl(μ-ddpm) 2] + has a ‘T’-frame structure (involving a donor-acceptor metal-metal bond) rather than an ‘A’-frame structure. Early preparative routes to [Pt 2X 2)μ-dppm) 2] (X = Cl, Br or I) were shown to give complexes contaminated with small amounts of [Pt 2X 2(μ-H)(μ-dppm) 2]X, and rapid intermolecular proton transfer between [Pt 2X 2(μ-dppm) 2] and [Pt 2X 2(μ-H)(μ-dppm) 2] + was observed: for X = Cl, Δ G ≠ is 44.1 kJ mol −1. The merits of 195Pt NMR spectroscopy for studying platinum dimers are discussed, and a correlation between 1 J(PtPt) and r(PtPt) was observed.