A luminescent dicyanidonitridotechnetium(v) core with tridentate ligand coordination sitesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental details. Atomic coordinates of the optimized geometries by the DFT method. Observed and calculated bond distances and angles. Observed and calculated IR and UV-vis spectral data. CCDC 1851198 and 1851199. For the ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c8dt02935k

A novel, luminescent technetium complex, [TcN(CN) 2 bpa] (bpa = bis-(2-pyridylmethyl)amine), with tridentate ligand coordination sites was synthesized and characterized. Photoemission with a maximum wavelength at 666 nm was observed in the solid-state at 296 K. A novel luminescent technetium complex with tridentate ligand coordination sites was synthesized and characterized.