TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Compounds: The compounds are of formula (5)-(8).a = 0-4, preferably 0 or 1;b = 0-3, preferably 0 or 1Compounds of formula (1) and (2) and (5) and (6) are produced by reaction of compounds of formula (9) and (10) had (11) and (12) respectively with cyanating agents.X = Cl, Br or I.(iii) an electronic component containing at least one compound of formula (1)-(8).Preferred Composition: The cyanating agent comprising a cyanide source containing cyanide ion in an ionic or coordinatively bonded form, preferably zinc cyanide in the presence of zinc, nickel or palladium and/or a nickel or palladium compound as well as optionally a phosphorus containing additive. The molar ratio of the cyanating agent to compounds of formula (9)-(12) is 1:10-10:1, preferably 1.5:1-3:1. The molar ratio of zinc (II) cyanide to zinc is 1:0.1-1:0.001, preferably 1:0.05-1:0.005. The ratio of nickel, a nickel compound, palladium or a palladium compound to a compound of formula (9) -(12) is 0.1:1-0.00001:1. The ratio of phosphorus containing additive to nickel, a nickel compound, palladium or a palladium compound is 0.5:1-1000:1. The electronic component is an organic light emitting diode, an organic integrated circuit, an organic field effect transistor, an organic thin film transistor, an organic solar cell or an organic laser diode. EXAMPLE - A suspension of fac-tris(2-(2-pyridinyl-N)(5-bromophenyl)-C) iridium (III) (8.915 g) and copper (I) cyanide (5.374 g) in NMP (150 ml) was heated at 145 degreesC for 60 hours. After cooling the mixture was poured onto a mixture of sodium cyanide (7.4 g) in water (500 ml) and ethanol (500 ml) and stirred for 2 hours at 50 degreesC. The resulting precipitate was filtered off and washed three times with 100 ml of a mixture of sodium cyanide (7.4 g) in water (500 ml) and ethanol (500 ml), three times with 100 ml of a 1:1 mixture of ethanol and water and finally twice with ethanol (100 ml). The precipitate was dried (60 degreesC, 10-4 mbar) to yield fac-tris(2-(2-pyridinyl-N)(5-cyanophenyl)-C)iridium (III) (99 % pure, approximately 7.2 g, 98% yield).