Patent ID: 7112690

Claim:
A noble metal organometallic complex of general formula (I): [ML a X b (FBC) c ] (I) wherein M is a noble metal; L is a neutral ligand selected from the group consisting of carbonyl, alkene, diene and derivatives of alkenes and dienes additionally containing alkyl or fluorinated alkyl substituents; X Is an anionic ligand; wherein a is an integer of from zero (0) to three (3), b is an integer of from zero (0) to one (1) and c is an integer of from one (1) to three (3); FBC ligand is a fluorinated bidentate chelate ligand selected from the group consisting of a beta-ketoiminate (FBC2), imino-alcoholate (FBC3) and amino-alcoholate (FBC4) having the structural formula indicated below: wherein R is a C1–C4 alkyl or trifluoromethyl; R 1 is a C1–C6 alkyl group, which may be substituted by a C1–C4 alkoxy group, and wherein FBC4, one of the R 1 groups may be H.