“…The average Tc-C1 lengths found here [C1-salt, 2-329 (1)/~; CIO~-salt, 2.318 (6) A] may be compared with recently determined values for (NH4)2[TcCI6], 2.353 (1) /~, , for [TcCI40]-, 2.31 (1)/~, (Cotton, Davison, Day, Gage & Trop, 1979) and for [TcC12(HbPz3)O], 2.328 (6) /~ (Thomas, Estes, Elder & Deutsch, 1979). Thus the Tcm-Cl bond length determined here falls within the range of those found for Tc~v-Cl and Tcv-Cl and indicates that the Tc-C1 distance does not vary systematically with oxidation state.…”