“…Related compounds, which also crystallize in Sohncke space groups without inversion symmetry, are [ M Cl 3 ][FeCl 4 ] ( M : Se, Te) and [SeCl 3 ][AlCl 4 ]. 23 For these compounds, however, SHG and NLO effects were not examined or reported until now. Taken together, the new compounds [SeCl 3 ][GaCl 4 ] ( 1 ) and [TeCl 3 ][GaCl 4 ] ( 2 ) can be also taken as examples for a much larger group of ionic compounds [ MX 3 ] + [ M ′ X 4 ] − with aligned tetrahedral building units ( M , M ′: metal or main-group element, X : halogen).…”