“…Deviations can be observed with ligands which show distinct bonding behaviour like F", NCS" or CN" [10,13,14], Nevertheless, the experimental EPR parameters are a valuable tool to charac- terize instable intermediates in ligand exchange reactions [9][10][11][12][13][14], Direct conclusions on the composition of the equatorial coordination sphere (the ligands in trans-position have been found to have only a very small influence on the EPR parameters [15,16]) can be drawn from resolved superhyperfme interactions due to hgand nuclei. This has been observed for phosphorus (nuclear spin ^'P: / = 1/2) and arsenic (^^As: 1=3/ 2) containing ligands [17][18][19] and Br" / = 3/2) [20], Well-resolved superhyperfme triplets have been obtained in the frozen Solution EPR spectrum of [Tc(NO)Cl3(Me2PhP)2] giving evidence for an equatorial coordination of both phosphine Hgands [21], The spectrum of the corresponding thionitrosyl complex, however, showed only a doublet Splitting of the ^'Tc hyperfme structure lines [17]. An X-ray structure determination confirmed the asumption that only one phosphine ligand is arranged equatorially [22], In contrast to the axially-symmetric spectra of the [Tc(NY)X4]-and [TcNXJ" complexes (X = Cl, Br, F, Nj; Y = O, S), EPR spectra of trigonal-prismatic or trigonally distorted octahedral complexes show no or only badly resolved ®®Tc hyperfme couplings [23 -25].…”