Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of tetraethylammonium bis[1,2-di(carbomethoxy)ethane-1,2-dithiolato]oxotechnetate(V)

Summary The (NEt₄)⁺[TcO{SCH(CO₂Me)CH(CO₂Me)}₂]^– compound has been prepared from technetium(V) gluconate and characterized by single crystal x-ray structural analysis (R factor=0.065).The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space groupP2₁/c witha=12.722(3),b=13.820(4) andc=18.213(5) Å, =107.13(4)° andZ=4. In the complex the technetium atom is close to the center of the base of a square pyramid in which the oxo oxygen is at the apex and the four sulfur atoms form the basal plane. The Tc-S distances average 2.316 Å. The Tc=O distance is 1.672(6) Å. Considerations about the osteotropic behaviour of DMSA labelled with⁹⁹Tc are deduced from the reported results.