Metal complex comprising a ligand having a combination of donor-acceptor substituents
AssigneeSolvay SA
InventorsMichael Graetzel, Etienne David Baranoff, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
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Abstract
Disclosed is a metal complex having a partial structure represented by the following Formula (I-0) or a tautomer thereof: formula (I-0) Cy is a 5 to 7 membered heterocyclic ring, preferably a 6-membered ring, which may be aromatic, non aromatic or partially aromatic and which coordinates to the metal atom through a carbon atom; A is a nitrogen atom a is an integer equal or superior to 1; D is an electron donor group; and b is an integer equal or superior to 1.
Claims10
A metal complex having a partial structure represented by the following Formula (I-0) or a tautomer thereof:
- wherein Cy is a 5 to 7 membered ring, preferably a 6-membered ring, which may be aromatic, non aromatic or partially aromatic and which coordinates to the metal atom through a carbon atom;
- A is a nitrogen atom;
- a is an integer equal or superior to 1;
- D is an electron donor group;
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- b is an integer equal or superior to 1.
A metal complex represented by any of the following formulae:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.