KSCN (15 mmol, 1.458 g) was added to a stirred suspension of Bi(NO 3 ) 3 • 5 H 2 O (2.5 mmol 1.213 g) in 100 mL of butanone, producing a yellow-orange solution and a white precipitate of KNO 3 . Fe III (NO 3 ) 3 • 9 H 2 O (2.5 mmol, 1.010 g), was then added, producing a deep purple solution. The reaction mixture was stirred for overnight and then filtered to remove KNO 3 , yielding a very deep purple solution of Fe[Bi(SCN) 6 ]. This solution was evaporated to dryness, and then extracted using 100 mL of dry tetrahydrofuran. After removal of the solvent in vacuo and drying at 50 • C for 2 hrs, a very dark green microcrystalline powder of Fe[Bi(SCN) 6 ] was produced (1.02 g, 67%).