“…Representative pseudo-binary members are characterized as M(CN 2 ) and M 2 (CN 2 ) 3 with M being a main group metal (e. g. Ca, [7] In, [8] Sn, [6] or Bi [9] ), a transition metal (e. g. Zr, Hf, [10,11] Cr, [12] Mn, [13] Fe, [14] Co, Ni [15] or Zn [16] ), or a rare-earth (RE) [1] metal. An attractive but less-common field of compounds within the chemistry of (NÀ C�N) 2À ions are tetracyanamidometallate compounds, evidenced by the [T(NCN) 4 ] nÀ ion, in which T represents a main group element such as Si, [17,18,19] Ge, [20] Al [21,22] or Ga. [23] The compounds ARE[Si(NCN) 4 ] (A = K, Rb, Cs; RE = rare earth) were reported to exhibit outstanding optical properties (photoluminescence and/or second harmonic generation = SHG) and to behave stable in air. So far, their preparations depart from appropriate mixtures of a hexafluorometallate, e. g. K 2 SiF 6 plus RECl 3 and Li 2 (CN 2 ) to yield KRE[Si(NCN) 4 ].…”