“…[1][2][3][4][5] Indeed, to the best of our knowledge only one crystallographically characterised technetium(IV) aqua complex exists, the [TcCl 5 (H 2 O)] 2 anion, which crystallizes together with an oxonium ion and two molecules of 15-crown-5. 6 Treatment of technetium(IV) tetrachloride, TcCl 4 , with water immediately yields insoluble TcO 2 , a black-brown, amorphous solid, which contains an undefined amount of water. Thermodynamic model calculations suggest that this hydrolysis proceeds even at pH , 1.…”