Abstract: | To better understand the range of cellular interactions of PtII‐based chemotherapeutics, robust and efficient methods to track and analyze Pt targets are needed. A powerful approach is to functionalize PtII compounds with alkyne or azide moieties for post‐treatment conjugation through the azide–alkyne cycloaddition (click) reaction. Herein, we report an alkyne‐appended cis‐diamine PtII compound, cis‐[Pt(2‐(5‐hexynyl)amido‐1,3‐propanediamine)Cl2] ( 1 ), the X‐ray crystal structure of which exhibits a combination of unusual radially distributed CH/π(CC) interactions, Pt Pt bonding, and NH:O/NH:Cl hydrogen bonds. In solution, 1 exhibits no Pt alkyne interactions and binds readily to DNA. Subsequent click reactivity with nonfluorescent dansyl azide results in a 70‐fold fluorescence increase. This result demonstrates the potential for this new class of alkyne‐modified Pt compound for the comprehensive detection and isolation of Pt‐bound biomolecules. |