A new set of additives to be sued in the preparation of inorganic materials; especially of perovskite nature is proposed. The chemical compositions of the perovskites prepared in the presence of the mentioned additives are found to be more homogenous, leading to better catalytic behavior, including higher selectivity and yields as compared to catalysts of identical formulations prepared through the conventional method of using EDTA/citrate (or other organic additive) method.