“…These difficulties are partly overcome in our work by using an original numerical procedure created by two of us (J.M., F.V.) in which essentially the tj values are considered as 8j functions.16 In DMF and Me2SO media, we demonstrated in previous pa-pers12,13 that the [1,3,4] and [1,2,3,4] models were equivalent by considering the numerical results; the absence of the dichlorocomplex in the [1,3,4] model was related to comparable donor number of both the ligand and the solvent, promoting autocomplex formation of the mono-and trichloro complexes as postulated by Gutmann.17 But the CuCl2 electronic spectrum calculated for the [1,2,3,4] model in DMF and Me2SO is very similar to those calculated in the other solvents. We used, consequently, this equivalent [1,2,3,4] model calculated in each DMF and Me2SO medium and allowed an exhaustive discussion of the thermodynamic and spectroscopic properties of the four mononuclear complexes.…”