Patent ID: 8568824

Claim:
A non-catalytic palladium precursor composition, comprising starting ingredients including a palladium salt and an organoamine, wherein the composition is substantially free of a reducing agent and the composition does not contact another composition including the reducing agent; and wherein the organoamine is a water immiscible monoamine selected from the group consisting of octylamine, nonylamine, decylamine, undecylamine, dodecylamine, tridecylamine, tetradecylamine, hexadecylamine, dipentylamine, dihexylamine, diheptylamine, dioctylamine, dinonylamine, didecylamine, propylpentylamine, butylpentylamine, tributylamine, and trihexylamine; wherein the total number of carbon atoms in the palladium salt and the organoamine combined is at least 12; and wherein at least a portion of the palladium salt and the organoamine form an amorphous palladium organoamine complex.