The route used to synthesise microcrystalline Fe[Bi(SCN) 6 ] was adapted for the synthesis of Sc[Bi(SCN) 6 ]. KSCN (0.6 mmol, 0.0583 g) was added to a stirred suspension of Bi(NO 3 ) 3 • 5 H 2 O (0.1 mmol 0.0485 g) in 10 mL of butanone producing a yellow-orange solution and a white precipitate of KNO 3 . Sc III (NO 3 ) 3 • xH 2 O (0.1 mmol, 0.023 g), was then added, producing a deep orange solution. The reaction mixture was stirred for overnight and then filtered to remove KNO 3 , yielding an orange solution of Sc[Bi(SCN) 6 ]. This solution was evaporated to dryness from which diffraction quality single crystals of Sc[Bi(SCN) 6 ] could be obtained.