Metal complexes and methods of making same

Claim 1

A PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES PREPARING AND MIXING A MASS IN WHICH, AT 50*C., AT LEAST 50% OF THE TOTAL MASS IS IN THE LIQUID STATE, AND IN WHICH MASS THE ACTIVE COMPONENTS CONSISTI OF: A, AT LEAST ONE OIL-SOLUBLE ORGANIC ACID COMPOUND; B AT LEAST ONE ORGANIC METAL COMPOUND DERIVED FROM A METAL-FREE ORGANIC COMPOUND HAVING: (A) AN IONIZATION CONSTANT IN WATER OF AT LEAST ABOUT 1X10-10 AT ABOUT 25*C., (B) A WATER SOLUBILITY AT 50*C. OF AT LEAST ABOUT 0.0005%; AND (C) IN SATURATED AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS AT ABOUT 25*C. A PH OF NOT GREATER THAN ABOUT 7, THE RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF A AND B USED BEING IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT ONE EQUIVALENT OF A TO ABOUT 10 EQUIVALENTS OF B TO ABOUT 10 EQUIVALENTS OF A TO ABOUT ONE EQUIVALENT OF B; C, WATER, IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO AT LEAST ABOUT ONETENTH MOLE PER MOLE OF B; MAINTAINING THE MASS AT A TEMPERATURE AND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO DRIVE OFF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL FREE WATER AND WATER OF HYDRATIO WHICH MAY BE PRESENT; AND THEN TREATING THE MASS WITH AN ACIDIC MATERIAL OF WHICH THE IONIZATION CONSTANT IS HIGHER THAN THE IONIZATION CONSTANT OF THE ORGANIC COMPOUND FROM WHICH WAS DERIVED COMPONENT B AND IN AMOUNTS SUFFICIENT TO LIBERATE A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF SAID ORGANIC COMPOUND OF COMPONENT B.