摘要:
Objects of the present invention are to provide a novel niobium or tantalum complex having good vapor pressure and becoming a raw material for producing a niobium- or tantalum-containing thin film by a method such as CVD method, ALD method or the like, a method for producing the same, a metal-containing thin film using the same, and a method for producing the same. The present invention relates to producing an imide complex represented by the general formula (1) by, for example, the reaction between M1(NR1)X3(L)r (2) and an alkali metal alkoxide (3): (wherein M1 represents niobium atom or tantalum atom, R1 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group having from 2 to 13 carbon atoms, X represents halogen atom, r is 1 when L is 1,2-dimethoxyethane ligand, r is 2 when L is pyridine ligand, and M2 represents an alkali metal), and producing a niobium- or tantalum-containing thin film by using the imide complex (1) as a raw material.