Patent ID: 6828439
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: C07F

Abstract:
A compound of the formula: wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Th, Eu, Gd, Dy, Lu, Zr, Nb, Mo, Te, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Sn, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, and Au; n is an integer from 1-3; L is a ligand of the formula: wherein A and A1 are the same or different and each is independently (CR12R13)m, wherein m is an integer from 0 to 6 and wherein R12 and R13 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, azido, an optionally substituted first organic group selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 alkyl or aryl, or a first solubilizing group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, an amino or acid addition salt thereof, an ammonium salt, sulfonic acid or salt thereof, or carboxylic acid or salt thereof; B and B1 are the same or different and each is a substituent comprising a nitrogen-, sulfur, or oxygen-containing group capable of complexing with M, wherein the dotted line between B and B1 represents an optional covalent bond linking B and B1 together; R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is independently a hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl, an aralkyl, an aryl, a halogen, a nitro, or a cyano, or R1 and R2 together with the carbons to which they are bonded comprise an aryl, wherein R1 and R2 is unsubstituted or substituted; wherein when n is 1 or 2, M is optionally complexed with at least one additional ligand other than a ligand of the formula: