Patent ID: 7816550

Claim:
A process for the production of an organometallic compound represented by the formula (L) 2 M(L′) 2 which process consists essentially of (i) reacting a substituted or unsubstituted metal source compound represented by the formula MX 2 R with a substituted or unsubstituted amidinate or amidinate-like compound represented by the formula A 1 L and a ligand source represented by the formula L′, said ligand source L′ present in an amount sufficient to coordinate directly to M, in the presence of a solvent and under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a reaction mixture comprising said organometallic compound, and (ii) separating said organometallic compound from said reaction mixture; wherein M is a Group VIII metal, X is a halogen group, R is a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group, A 1 is an alkali metal, L is the same or different and represents a substituted or unsubstituted amidinato group or a substituted or unsubstituted amidinato-like group, and L′ is the same or different and represents N 2 or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroatom-containing group.