Publication number: 20040127690
Abstract: The present invention provides an improved, economical and environmentally benign process for metal complexes of acetylacetone having the general formula, M(acac)n wherein M is a metal cation selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Al, Ca, Mg, Mo, Ru, Re, U, Th, Ce, Na, K, Rb, Cs, V, Cr, and Mn etc., n is an integer which corresponds to the electrovalence of M, are obtained by reacting the corresponding metal hydroxide, metal hydrated oxide or metal oxide with a stoichiometric amount of acetylacetone and separating the product.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 31, 2002
Publication date:
July 1, 2004
Applicant:
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Inventors:
Mihir Kanti Chaudhari, Sanjay Kumar Dehury, Siddhartha Sankar Dhar, Upasana Bora, Boyapati Manoranjan Choudary, Lakshmi Kantam Mannepalli