Preparation of Ni-microsphere and Cu-MOF using aspartic acid as coordinating ligand and study of their catalytic properties in Stille and sulfoxidation reactions.

In this study, the thermal and catalytic behavior of Ni-microsphere and Cu-MOF were investigated with aspartic acid as the coordinating ligand with different morphologies. The Ni-microsphere and Cu-MOF with aspartic acid, as the coordinating ligand, were prepared a solvothermal method. The morphology and porosity of the obtained Ni microsphere and Cu-MOF were characterized by XRD, FTIR, TGA, DSC, BET and SEM techniques.