Editing Selenium (section)

===Other compounds===
Tetraselenium tetranitride, Se<sub>4</sub>N<sub>4</sub>, is an explosive orange compound analogous to [[tetrasulfur tetranitride]] (S<sub>4</sub>N<sub>4</sub>).<ref name="house2008" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Woollins |first1=Derek |title=The Reactivity of Se<sub>4</sub>N<sub>4</sub> in Liquid Ammonia |journal=[[Polyhedron (journal)|Polyhedron]] |year=1993 |volume=12 |pages=1129–1133 |doi=10.1016/S0277-5387(00)88201-7 |issue=10 |last2=Kelly |first2=Paul F.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kelly |first1=P.F. |last2=Slawin |first2=A.M.Z. |last3=Soriano-Rama |first3=A. |title=Use of Se<sub>4</sub>N<sub>4</sub> and Se(NSO)<sub>2</sub> in the preparation of palladium adducts of diselenium dinitride, Se<sub>2</sub>N<sub>2</sub>; crystal structure of {{chem|[PPh|4|]|2|[Pd|2|Br|6|(Se|2|N|2|)|]}} |journal=[[Dalton Transactions]] |date=1997 |pages=559–562 |doi=10.1039/a606311j |issue=4}}</ref> It can be synthesized by the reaction of [[selenium tetrachloride]] (SeCl<sub>4</sub>) with [[Metal bis(trimethylsilyl)amides|{{chem|[((CH|3|)|3|Si)|2|N]|2|Se}}]].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1021/ic00060a031 |title=A simple, efficient synthesis of tetraselenium tetranitride |year=1993 |last1=Siivari |first1=Jari |last2=Chivers |first2=Tristram |last3=Laitinen |first3=Risto S. |journal=Inorganic Chemistry |volume=32 |issue=8 |pages=1519–1520}}</ref>

Selenium reacts with [[cyanide]]s to yield [[Potassium selenocyanate|selenocyanates]]:<ref name="house2008" />

:{{chem2 | 8 KCN + Se8 -> 8 KSeCN }}