CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. Khalil Jamil Asali
Email: Tel: 02 7060100 Mobile 0795982835
Name: Khalil Jamil Asali.
Born: Bala’ - 1949
Martial Status: Married.
Nationality: Jordanian.
Academic Rank: Professor of Chemistry (Inorganic-Organometallic Chemistry).
Education:
1. Ph.D in chemistry, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas USA, 1979.
2. M.Sc. in chemistry, American University in Beirut, Lebanon, 1973.
3. B.Sc. in chemistry, Al-Azhar University, Cairo-Egypt, 1970. With Excellent and First Honor degree.
Administrative Posts:
1. Chairman of Chemistry Department- King Saud University-Abha Branch, 1982 to1985.
2. Vice Dean of College of Science and Arts- Jordan University of Science &
Technology, Sept. 1997 to Sept. 1998.
3. Chairman of Department of Applied Chemical Sciences, Jordan University of Science& Technology, Feb.1999 to Sept. 2001.
4. Dean, College of Science, Tafila Technical University, Sept.2007- Sept.2009.
Courses which I previously gave:
1. General Chemistry (all courses).
2. Inorganic Chemistry (basic and advanced).
3. Organometallic Chemistry (basic and advanced).
4. Physical Chemistry (for pharmacy major students).
5. Physical Methods of Inorganic Chemistry and Group Theory (Graduate level).
6. Inorganic lab. (Senior students).
Selected Workshops
1. 12th Education Technology and evaluation (first workshop), JUST, 6-10/ 9 /1997.
2. 16th Education Technology (second workshop, tests and Measurements). JUST. 1-
3/ 1999.
4. UNESCO Distance Education Course: Distance Education for Eastern
Mediterranean Universities on The Management of University-Industry Partnership.
2nd of October 2000 to 15th of January 2001. (upon nomination to participate in this
program from Jordan University of Science & Technology).
5. Workshop in “Linkage Between Universities and Private Production Sector”,
JUST, 1999.
6. Workshop “ Higher Education” – University of Jordan, 1998.
7. Workshop “Scientific Research” , JUST, 1998.
8. Workshop: “Scientific Research and Development”, Hashemite University, 1998.
Selected Conferences
A. National:
- The 3rd Jordanian Chemistry Conference – Jordan University of Science
&Technology 21-22/ 10/ 1997
- 1st Annual Scientific Day of the College of Science and Arts, May 1998.
- 2nd Annual Scientific Day of the College of Science and Arts, June 1999.
- The 1st Jordanian Conference in Cosmetics, Amman, 1999.
- 3rd Annual Scientific Day of the College of Science and Arts, June 2000.
- 4th Annual Scientific Day of the College of Science and Arts, June 2001.
- The 2nd International Conference of Pure, Applied and Environmental
Chemistry, Yarmouk University, April 2000.
-The 3nd International Conference in Chemistry, Yarmouk University, April 2002.
- Jordanian Chemical Society Conference, 21-24 October 2003.
- Jordanian Chemical Society Conference, April 2015).
B. International:
1.EURESCO Conference in Inorganic Chemistry : “Design and Properties of Low
Nuclearity Metal Complexes, Achievements and Challenges of Organometallic
Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis”, 2-7 September, 2000. San Feliu de
Guixols, Spain.
2. XIVth FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, 2-7 September,
2001. Gdansk-Poland.
3. XIIIth International Symposium in Homogeneous Catalysis, 2-7 September,
2002. Tarragona – Spain.
4. XLVI Zjazd PTCH I SITPCH, Polish Chemical Society Conference, 15-18
Sept. 2003, Lublin-Poland.
5. 10th Symposium in Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry, 15-17 December
2003, Bombay-India.
6. International Conference in “Modern Trends in Organoelement Chemistry
INEOS-50”, 30th May-4th of June 2004, Moscow - Russia
7. XIVIIth FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, 2-7 September,
2005. Budapest-Hungary.
8. International Conference on Research Trends in Science and Technology, March 7-9/2005. Beirut – Lebanon.
9. Petra International Chemistry Conference, Tafila Technical University, June
2007, Jordan.
10. The 12th Asian Chemical Conference, June 22-25, 2007, Kuala Lampure,
Malaysia
11. "The First International Symposium on Super and Nanochemistry Toward Application", 25-29/8/ 2008, Karkov-Ukrania.
12. International Conference " Functionalized and Sensing Materials" Dec. 7-9 /2009, Bangkok, Thailand.
13. 12th Eurasia Conference in Chemical Sciences, 16-21/4/2012, Corfu, Greece.
14. International conference in pure and applied chemistry PACCON2013, 23-25/1/2013, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
15. 8th Asian-European Symposium on Metal-Mediated Efficient Organic Synthesis (AES-MMEOS 2014), September 7-10, 2014. Çeşme, Turkey.
16. Pure and Applied Chemistry Conference, PACCON2015, Jan 21- Jan 24, 2015, Bagkok – Thailand.
Professional Chemistry Societies:
- Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity 1976 – present.
- Jordanian Chemical Society 1995 - present
Research Experience and Research Interest:
The main area of research is organometallics with special emphasis on synthesis, photochemical behavior and reactivity of metal carbonyls complexes. In Addition, a reasonable experience in fast kinetics of the reactive, coordinatively unsaturated Group VIB, M(CO)5, intermediates employing conventional kinetics and/or pulsed laser flash photolysis with either UV-visible or IR detection techniques.
Khalil J. Asali List of Publications
1. Khalil J. Asali, Mohammad El-Khateeb and Laith Mazahreh, Kinetic and mechanism of Ligand-substitution reactions of (2,6)diaminopyridine)-[M(CO)5]2, Transition Metal Chemistry (2015),40, 471-475.
2. Mohammad El-khateeb, Khalil J. Asali, and Rawad Musa, Synthesis and Reactiiivity of Bimetallic group 6 Carbonyls Containing Bridging Bipyradine Ligands. Transition Metal Chemistry (2015), 40, 131-135.
3. Mohammad El-khateeb, Khalil J. Asali, Mousa Al-Noaimi, Enas Al-Rabaee, Deeb Taher, Thio- and Selenosulfonato Complexes of Iron Bearing Aromatic and Heterocyclic Groups. Inorganica Chimica Acta (2914), 421, 553-558
4. Khalil J. Asali and Naim Al-Said, Dinuclear Tungsten and Molybdenum Tetracarbonyl Complexes Doublu-Bridged by Bis(phenylthio)alkane Bidentate Ligands. Jordan Journal of Chemistry (2013), 8, 57-62.
5. Mohammad El-khateeb, Hasan Abual futouh, Khalil Asali, Helmar Görls, Wolfgang Weigand. O-Alkylthiooxalato and Dithiocarboxylato Complexes of Molybdenum and Tungsten, Polyhedron (2012), 38, 1185-189
6. Khalil J. Asali, Bimetallic group 6 tricarbonyls triply-bridged by bis(phenylthio)alkane ligands. Advanced Material Research (2010), 93, 13-16.
7. Khalil J. Asali, Mohammad El-khateeb. Ahmad Darawsheh, Bimetallic group 6 metal tricarbonyls containing rigid backbone chelating ligands symmetrically bridged by bis(diphenylphosphino)alkane. Jordan Journal of Chemistry (2009), 4, 223-242.
8. Mohammad El-kateeb, Khalil J. Asali, Ibrahim Jibril, Anas Abuseni, Helmar Gorls and Wolfgang Weigand . Multifunctional iron thiocarboxylate complexes: Synthesis, reactivity and structure of CpFe(CO)2SCO-3,5-C6H4(COCl)2. Transition Metal Chemistry (2009), 34, 419-424.
9. Mohammad El-kateeb, Khalil J. Asali, Amani Rababa’ah, Muhammad A. Shaheen, Dinuclear Ruthenium Thiocarboxylate Complexes: (μ-Z)[CpRu(L)(L')SCO]2 (Z= 1,4-C6H4, 1,3-C6H4, (CH2)4). Jordan Journal of Chemistry (2008), 3, 33-37.
10. Hassan A. Tayim and Khalil J. Asali, Facile synthesis and reactions of some olefin-substituted acetylacetonate complexes. Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2006), 59, 2083-2092.
11. Mohammad El-kateeb, Khalil J. Asali, Tariq Abu Salem and Richard Walter. Synthesis and characterization of cyclopentadienyltricarbonyl tungsten selenocarboxylate and selenosulfonate complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta (2006), 359, 4259-4264.
12. Khalil J. Asali, Mohammad El-kateeb and Akef Al-Humaideen. Facile route to synthesis of dinuclear group 6 metal carbonyls triply bridged by bis(diphenylphosphino)alkane ligands. Jordan. Journal of Chemistry (2006), 1, 61-68.
13. El-khateeb, Mohammad; Khalil J. Asali.; Lataifeh, Anas. Iron dithiocarbonate complexes: Structure of CpFe(CO)2SC(S)O-4-C6H4Cl. Polyhedron (2006), 25(7), 1695-1699.
14. Khalil J. Asali; Al Janaydeh, Husam. Synthesis and ligand-substitution reactions of [Et4N][M(CO)5SCPh3] (M = W, Mo). Acta Chimica Slovenica (2003), 50(4), 677-686.
15. El-khateeb, Mohammad; Khalil J. Asali; Lataifeh, Anas. Half sandwich iron S-bonded mono-thiocarbonate complexes: structure of CpFe(CO)2SCO2Et. Polyhedron (2003), 22(23), 3105-3108.
16. Fares, Mohammad M.; El-khateeb, Mohammad; Khalil J. Asali, Synthesis, Characterization, and Some Properties of 4-Vinylpyridine-Cr(CO)5 Containing Polymers. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers (2003), 13(3), 143-155.
17. Khalil J. Asali; Ladogana, Tino; Bott, Simon G.; Dobson, Gerard R. μ-(2,2,9,9-Tetramethyl-3,8-dithiadecane)decacarbonylditungsten(0). Journal of Chemical Crystallography (2003), 33(9), 701-704.
18. Khalil J. Asali; El-kateeb, Mohammad; Salhab, Raed. Bimetallic group 6 metal tetracarbonyls doubly bridged by bisphosphine and/or dithiaalkane ligands. Transition Metal Chemistry (Dordrecht, (2003), 28(5), 544-547.
19. Khalil J. Asali.; El-khateeb, Mohammad; Battaineh, Tareq T. Novel anionic heterocyclic thiolate complexes of group VIB metal carbonyls: Synthesis and reactivity. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry (2003), 33(6), 1047-1062.
20. Khalil J. Asali.; Janaydeh, Husam Al. Reactivity of tungsten(0) and molybdenum(0) pentacarbonyl thiobenzoate anions: thiobenzoate as a cis-CO labilizing ligand. Transition Metal Chemistry (2003), 28(2), 193-198.
21. Khalil J. Asali.; Janaydeh, Husam Al. Synthesis and ligand-substitution reactions of [Et4N][M(CO)5SCPh3] (M = W, Mo). Acta Chimica Slovenica (2003), 50(4), 677-686.
22. El-khateeb, Mohammad; Khalil J. Asali; Lataifeh, Anas. Half sandwich iron S-bonded mono-thiocarbonate complexes: structure of CpFe(CO)2SCO2Et. Polyhedron (2003), 22(23), 3105-3108.
23. Khalil J. Asali.; El-khateeb, Mohammad. Synthesis and reactivity of group 6 pentacarbonyl dialkyl sulfide complexes. Acta Chimica Slovenica (2002), 49(4), 845-855.
24. Khalil J. Asali; El-khateeb, Mohammad; Musa, Musa M. Bimetallic complexes with bridging dithiaalkane ligands: preparation and kinetic study. Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2002), 55(10), 1199-1207.
25. El-khateeb, Mohammad; Khalil J. Asali; Musa, Musa M. Dinuclear group VIB metal carbonyl complexes bridged by bis(diphenylphosphino)alkanes. Transition Metal Chemistry (Dordrecht, Netherlands) (2002), 27(2), 163-165.
26. Khalil J. Asali; Awad, Hani H.; Dobson, Gerard R. Kinetics and mechanism of reactions of cis-(piperidine)(L)Mo(CO)4 complexes with phosphines and phosphites. Journal of Coordination Chemistry (1999), 47(1), 121-134.
27. Khalil J. Asali; Smit, Jaap P.; Ladogana, Santino; Dobson, Gerard R. Fast non-dissociative cis-to-trans isomerization in the cis-(P(O-i-Pr)3)2Cr(CO)4 intermediate. Inorganic Chemistry Communications (1998), 1(3), 87-89.
28. Dobson, Gerard R.; Khalil J. Asali, Flash photolysis studies of cis-(piperidine)(L)M(CO)4 complexes (L = phosphine, phosphite; M = Cr, Mo). Book of Abstracts, 215th ACS National Meeting, Dallas, March 29-April 2 (1998), INOR-480. CODEN: 65QTAA AN 1998:143096
29. Dobson, Gerard R.; Khalil J. Asali; Bott, Simon G. Intramolecular -C-H-O- hydrogen bonding in Group 6 metal carbonyl complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta (1993), 208(1), 1-3.
30. Dobson, Gerard R.; Cate, Charles D.; Cate, Colin W.; Khalil J. Asali, Octahedral metal carbonyls. 78. Mechanism of alkane displacement by 1-hexene from (alkane)pentacarbonyltungsten complexes (alkane = cyclohexane, n-heptane). Estimates of the alkane-tungsten bond strengths in condensed media. Inorganic Chemistry (1991), 30(23), 4471-4.
. 31. Khalil J. Asali; Awad, Hani H.; Kimbrough, Jerry F.; Lang, Bryce C.; Watts, John Michael; Dobson, Gerard R. Octahedral metal carbonyls. 76. Ligand-exchange studies of cis-(pip)(L)Cr(CO)4 complexes (pip = piperidine; L = Lewis base). Organometallics (1991), 10(6), 1822-6.
32. Khalil J. Asali; Van Zyl, Gideon J.; Dobson, Gerard R. Octahedral metal carbonyls. 64. Ligand-exchange in fac-tricarbonyl(pyridine)[1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane]molybdenum in toluene solution: The fac-[tricarbonyl(toluene)[1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane]molybdenum intermediate. Inorganic Chemistry (1988), 27(19), 3314-9.
33. Khalil J. Asali, "Kinetics and Mechanism of Ligand-Exchange Reactions in fac-[1,2-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane]W(CO)4-(piperidine)", Proceeding of the 3rd National Meeting of Chemists (1989), 1, 155-171.
34. Khalil J. Asali; Basson, Stephen S.; Tucker, Jay Scott; Hester, Barry C.; Cortes, Jose E.; Awad, Hani H.; Dobson, Gerard R. Octahedral metal carbonyls. 62. Mechanism of piperidine (pip) displacement by phosphines and phosphites (L') from cis-(pip)(L)W(CO)4 complexes in chlorobenzene. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1987), 109(18), 5386-92.
35. Dobson, Gerard R.; Hodges, P. Michael; Healy, Michael A.; Poliakoff, Martyn; Turner, James J.; Firth, Stephen; Khalil J. Asali; Time-resolved IR characterization of cis- and trans-[LW(CO)4(solvent)] [L = PPh3, P(OCHMe2)3, and P(OEt)3] in n-heptane solution. The solvent as a token ligand in short-lived reaction intermediates. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1987), 109(14), 4218-24.
36. Dobson, Gerard R.; Khalil J. Asali; Basson, Stephen S.; Dobson, Charles B. Octahedral metal carbonyls. Part 59. A kinetics method for the identification of coordinatively-unsaturated substituted metal carbonyl transients: cis-[(triphenylphosphine)tetracarbonyltungsten(0)]. Polyhedron (1987), 6(2), 337-9.
37. Dobson, Gerard R.; Khalil J. Asali; Octahedral metal carbonyls. 52. Evidence for the formation of (o-phenanthroline)dicarbonylmolybdenum(0). Inorganic Chemistry (1983), 22(13), 1835-6.
38. Dobson, Gerard R.; Khalil J. Asali; Site of M-CO bond-breaking and fluxionality in (o-phenanthroline)tetracarbonylmetal systems. Inorganic Chemistry (1981), 20(10), 3563-4.
39. Khalil J. Asali, Sites of reactivity during ligand-exchange reactions in octahedral group VIB metal carbonyls. Ph.D (1979), 146 pp. CAN 93:54908 AN 1980:454908
40. Dobson, Gerard R.; Khalil J. Asali, Unequivocal determination of the site of metal-carbonyl bond breaking in tetracarbonylchromium(0) complexes of o-phenanthroline and 2,2'-dipyridyl. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1979), 101(18), 5433-5.
41. Khalil J. Asali; Dobson, Gerard R. Octahedral metal carbonyls. XLVIII. Kinetics and mechanism of reactions of hexacarbonyltungsten(0) with bis(triphenylphosphine)imminium pseudohalides. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (1979), 179(2),169-79.
42. Dobson, Gerard R.; Khalil J. Asali; Marshall, James L.; McDaniel, Cato R., Jr. Octahedral metal carbonyls. 42. Site of bond breaking in ligand-exchange reactions of 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethanetetracarbonylmolybdenum(0). Journal of the American Chemical Society (1977), 99(24), 8100-2.