The sparingly soluble technetium(I) complex [Tc^(I)(NO)Cl(2)(PPh(3))(2)(CH(3)CN)] (1) slowly dissolves during reactions with 2,2'-dipyridyl ditelluride, (2-pyTe)(2), 2,2'-dipyridyl diselenide, (2-pySe)(2), or 2,2'-dipyridyl disulfide, (2-pyS)(2), under formation of deeply colored solutions. Blue (Te compound) or red solids (Se compound) of the composition [{Tc^(I)(NO)Cl(2)(PPh(3))(2)}(2){µ(2)-(2-pyE)(2)}], E = Te (3), Se (4), precipitate from the reaction solutions upon addition of toluene. …