A kinetic study of the aqua substitution in the [TcO(OH2)(CN)4]− complex by different thiourea ligands (TU = thiourea, NMTU = N-methyl thiourea, NNDMTU = N, N′-dimethylthiourea) yielded second-order formation rate constants (25°C) as follows [NNDMTU, NMTU, TU, respectively]: kf = 11.5 ± 0.1, 11.38 ± 0.04, and 7.4 ± 0.1 M−1s−1, with activation parameters: Δ H#kf : 55 ± 2, 42 ± 3, 35 ± 5 kJ mol−1; ΔS#kf : − 40 ± 8,
− 84 ± 11,
− 110 ± 17 J K−1mol−1. A subsequent high-pressure investigation of the aqua substitution in the [ReO(OH2)(CN)4]− and [TcO(OH2)(CN)4]− complexes by selected entering ligands yielded ΔV#kf values as follows: Re(V): −1.7 ± 0.3(NCS−), −22.1 ± 0.9 (TU) and for Tc(V): −3.5 ± 0.3(NCS−), −14 ± 1 (NNDMTU), and −6.0 ± 0.5 (TU) cm3mol −1, respectively. These results point to an interchange associative mechanism for the negative NCS− as entering group but even a pure associative mechanism for the neutral thiourea ligands.