Patent ID: 7524906

Claim:
A one step process for the preparation of a metal-organic compound, comprising contacting at least one imine ligand according to formula 1 with a metal-organic reagent of formula 2 in the presence of at least 1 equivalent of an inorganic or metal-organic base, or wherein an HA adduct of the imine ligand is contacted with a metal-organic reagent of formula 2 in the presence of at least 2 equivalents of an inorganic or metal-organic base, wherein formula 1 is: Y═N—R wherein Y is selected from a substituted carbon, nitrogen, or phosphorous atom and R represents a proton, a protic or an aprotic substitutent, and formula 2 is: M V (L 1 ) k (L 2 ) l (L 3 ) m (L 4 ) n X wherein: M represents a group 4 or group 5 metal ion, V represents the valency of the metal ion, which is 3, 4 or 5, L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , and L 4 represent ligands on M which may be the same or different, X represents a group 17-halogen atom, k, l, m, n=0, 1, 2, 3, 4 with k+l+m+n+1=V, and wherein HA represents an acid, of which H represents its proton and A its conjugated base.