Magnesium β-ketoiminates as CVD precursors for MgO formation.

The synthesis and characterization of bis(ketoiminato)magnesium(ii) complexes of composition [Mg(OCRCHCHRNCHCHX)] (X = NMe: 3a, R = R = Me; 3b, R = Me, R = Ph. X = OMe: 3c, R = R = Me) are reported. Complexes 3a-c are accessible by the reaction of C(O)RCHCHRN(H)CHCHX (X = NMe: 1a, R = R = Me; 1b, R = Me, R = Ph.

Cobalt and manganese carboxylates for metal oxide thin film deposition by applying the atmospheric pressure combustion chemical vapour deposition process.

Coordination complexes [M(OCCHOCHOMe)] (M = Co, 4; M = Mn, 5) are accessible by the anion exchange reaction between the corresponding metal acetates [M(OAc)(HO)] (M = Co, 1; M = Mn, 2) and the carboxylic acid HOCCHOCHOMe (3). IR spectroscopy confirms the chelating or μ-bridging binding mode of the carboxylato ligands to M(ii). The molecular structure of 5 in the solid state confirms a distorted octahedral arrangement at Mn(ii), setup by the two carboxylato ligands including their α-ether oxygen atoms, resulting in an overall two-dimensional coordination network.