Patent ID: 6232264
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B01J,B22F,C07F,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A polymetallic precursor having at least one first metal and at least one second metal and comprising at least one metal-ligand-metal group represented by the formula:M.sub.n --X--M'.sub.p,wherein M is an atom of the first metal; X is a thermally degradable ligand having a degradation temperature lower than degradation temperatures of M and M' and X is selected from the group consisting of a single atom, compound or moiety having an atom selected from the group consisting of a halogen, a mercury atom, a phosphorus atom, an atom from Groups 14-17 of the Periodic Table; organic ligands selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylphosphino, aryphosphino, alkylsulfide, arylsulfide, alkylselenide, arylselenide, arlkylmercuric, and arylmercuric; ammonia; amine; alkene; heteroatomic aromatic molecules; arsenes; and derivatives thereof; M' is an atom of the first metal or the second metal; and n and p are each at least one.