Patent ID: 7247723

Claim:
A compound selected from a group consisting of the following structures: wherein each R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, R 3 is selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted heteroaromatic rings and substituted and unsubstituted heterocyclic rings, said rings being linked to the triazine group through a nitrogen atom within the of R 3 , and when R 3 , is a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic ring and said substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic ring has a postive charge associated therewith, R 3 has a counterion X − associated therewith, each M + is a noble metal cation; and wherein the anionic and cation components of said structure are present at a molar ratio so as to result in an overall neutral charge.