Up to the early to mid 1990s the organometallic chemistry of scandium was dominated by cyclopentadienyl derivatives. This present article highlights advances in the synthesis and reactivity of non-cyclopentadienyl organometallic and related compounds of scandium. These include: compounds containing arene and other η^x-C_xR_x ligands; compounds with macrocyclic and fac-L₃ ligands; compounds with polydentate ligands that incorporate amide donors; compounds with bidentate, monoanionic N,N′ donor ligands; and compounds with iminophenolate, bis(phenoxide) and some other anionic O-donor ligands.