Patent ID: 8343580

Claim:
A method of depositing a metal-containing film comprising: providing a substrate in a vapor deposition reactor; conveying an organometallic compound of the formula [R 2 R 1 X(CO)] n M +m L 1 (m-n)/p L 2 q in the vapor phase to the reactor; and decomposing the organometallic compound to deposit a metal-containing film on the substrate; wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently chosen from H, (C 1 -C 12 )alkyl, (C 2 -C 12 )alkenyl, (C 2 -C 12 )alkynyl, di(C 1 -C 12 )alkylamino, di(silyl(C 1 -C 12 )alkyl)amino, disilylamino, di((C 1 -C 12 )alkylsilyl)amino, (C 1 -C 12 )alkyliminyl, (C 1 -C 12 )alkylphosphinyl, di(C 1 -C 12 )alkylamino(C 1 -C 12 )alkyl, di(C 1 -C 12 )alkylamino(C 2 -C 12 )alkenyl, di(C 1 -C 12 )alkylamino(C 2 -C 12 )alkynyl, di(C 1 -C 12 )alkylphosphino(C 1 -C 12 )alkyl, di(C 1 -C 12 )alkylphosphino(C 2 -C 12 )alkenyl, di(C 1 -C 12 )alkylphosphino(C 2 -C 12 )alkynyl, (C 1 -C 12 )alkoxyl(C 1 -C 12 )alkyl, and aryl; X=N or P; M=a Group 7 to Group 10 metal; L 1 =an anionic ligand bearing a negative charge of p; L 2 =a neutral ligand; m=the valence of M; n=1-6; p=1-2; q=0-4; and wherein m≧n.