Se,NBr,, a planar molecule shaped liked dividers, was formed by the reaction of SeBr, with N(SiMe,), , which reduced the selenium to the trivalent state. Under the same conditions, Se,NCI, was obtained by the reaction of SeCI, with N(SiMe,),, retaining the tetravalent state of selenium. The molecule is formed by two edge-sharing pseudotrigonal bipyramids with selenium as their central atoms. Se,NCI, reacts with PPh,CI to form the Se,NCI, ion by the addition of a CIion to only one of the two selenium atoms, resulting in pseudooctahedral coordination of this atom. Ab initio calculations for all the compounds reported confirm the experimentally determined structures.