Patent ID: 6965045

Claim:
An organic metal precursor represented by the formula (I): M m L n L′ o X p (I) Wherein, M is a transition metal atom selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au, Co, Cu, Pd, Ni, Pt, Zn and Cd; L is a thioether represented by the formula (II) or (III); wherein in the formula (II), each of R 1 and R 2 , independently, is a C 2-20 straight-chain, branched-chain or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group, or an allyl group; in the formula (III), each of R 3 and R 4 , independently, is a hydrogen atom, or a C 1-15 straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group, and y is an integer from 2 to 10; L′ is a ligand selected from the group consisting of amines, thiols, selenols and phosphines; X is an anion selected from the group consisting of halogeno, hydroxide (OH − ), cyanide (CN − ), nitroxyl (NO − ), nitrite (NO 2 − ), nitrate (NO 3 − ), azide (N 3 − ), thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, tetraalkylborate, tetrahaloborate, hexafluorophosphate (PF 6 − ), triflate (CF 3 SO 3 − ), tosylate(Ts − ), sulfate(SO 4 2− ), and carbonate (CO 3 2− ); each of m and n, independently, is an integer from 1 to 10; and each of o and p, independently, is an integer from 0 to 10.