Department of Chemistry
University of Jordan
Amman, JORDAN
Phone: 5153126
E-mail: h-hodali@ju.edu.jo
Prof. Hamdallah A. Hodali
Personal
Information
● Martial status: Married With Six Children
● Nationality: Jordanian
● Birthday: 1947
● Place of Birth: El-Abbasia
Education
● Ph.D., “Organometallic chemistry of metal carbonyl cluster
Anions, Reactions with Electrophiles”. Northwestern University,
Illinois, U.S.A., 1976 - 1979.
● M.Sc., “Metal Chelates With (N-N), (N-P), and (N-As) Bidentate
Ligands” American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 1973-1975.
● B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, 1966-1970.
Awards
● The University of Jordan scholarship for M.Sc. study at American
University of Beirut, Lebanon (Sept. 1973 – June 1975).
● The University of Jordan scholarship for Ph.D. study at
Northwestern University, U.S.A. (Jan. 1976 – Feb. 1979)
● Fullbright scholarship, 1990/1991.
Field of Study
● Synthesis and characterization of coordination compounds with
mixed-donor legends.
● Preparation and reactions of metal carbonyl clusters.
● Catalysis and organometallic chemistry of platinum group Metals
Current Line of
Research
● Catalytic properties of rhodium and palladium complexes
(S-P) and (N-P) mixed-donor ligands
with
● Aluminosilicate Inorganic Polymers and Synthetic Zeolites
● Ruthenium complexes as solar cell Sensitizers.
● Kinetic and mechanism of oxidation of Organic Compounds via
Transition Metal Complexes.
Professional
Work
History Chart
● Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Jordan
(1970 – 1973).
● Full time faculty member, Department of Chemistry, University of
Jordan (1979 – to present).
● Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of
Jordan (1994).
Publications
■ Articles
● “-Carbonyl--hydridododecacarbonyltriferric Acid, H2Fe3(CO)11” ,
H. A. Hodali, D. F. Shriver and C. A. Ammlung, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
100, 5240 (1978).
● “Reactions of Polynuclear Metal Carbonyl Anions with Proton and
with Carbocation Reagents. The O-Protonation and O-alkylation of
Bridging Carbonyl Ligands” , H. A. Hodali and D. F. Shriver, Inorg.
Chem., 18, 1236 (1979).
● “-Nitrido-bis(triphenylphosphorus) hydridoundecacarbonyltriferrate, [PPN][HFe3(CO)11]” H. A. Hodali, C. Arcus and
D. F. Shriver, Inorg. Synth. , 20, 218 (1980).
● “-Nitrido-bis(triphenylphosphorus) undeca-carbonyltriferrate,
[PPN]2[Fe3(CO)11]” , H. A. Hodali, C. Arcus and D. F. Shriver,
Inorg. Synth. , 20, 222 (1980).
● “Some Transition Metal Chelates With 8-Amino, 8-(Diphenylphosphino)-, and 8-(Diphenylarsino)quinoline Bidentate Ligands” H.
A. Hodali, J. V. Kingston and H. A. Tayim, Inorg. Chem., 18, 1391
(1979).
● “Complexes of Some Mixed-donor Ligands With Rh(I), Ir(I), and
Ir(III)” , I. M. Kittaneh, H. A. Hodali and H. A. Tayim, Inorg. Chim.
Acta, 60, 223 (1982).
● “Synthesis of Rhodium(I) and Rhodium(II) Complexes With Mixed
Sulfur-Nitrogen, -Phosphorus, and –Arsenic Ligands”, H. A. Hodali
and I. M. Kittaneh, Dirassat, 10, 47 (1983).
● “Some Complexes of o-Nitrosoaniline, 1-Nitroso-2-naphthylamine,
and 2-nitroso-1-naphthylamine” , S. Al-Ahmad, H. A. Hodali and
M. H. Zaghal,.Arab. J. Sc. Eng., 12, 459 (1987).
● “Five-coordinate BF3 Platinum(II) Complexes”, H. A. Hodali, J.
Chem. Eng. Data, 32, 382 (1987).
● “Heterocycles From Nitric Oxides, 1,2,4,5-Oxatriazines” A. Q.
Hussein, M. M. El-Abedalah, M. R. Kamal, H. A. Hodali and M. M.
Aouf” , Heterocycles, 26, 2199 (1987).
● “Cyclopalladation Complexes of Arylamidoximes”, A. Q. Hussein
and H. A. Hodali, Synth. React. Inorg. Met. –Org. Chem., 18, 363
(1988).
● “Synthesis and Reactions of New Pt(0) Complex with oNitrosoaniline” , S. Al-Ahmad, H. A. Hodali and M. H. Zaghal, Inorg.
Chim. Acta, 147, 1 (1988).
● “Kinetics of Oxidation of Acyloins by the Cyano Complexes of
Molybdenum(V) and Tungesten(V). Part I. Benzoin” , R. El-Zaru and
H. A. Hodali, Dirassat, 15, 108 (1989).
● “Palladium(II) and Platinum(II) Complexes With Pyrazine N-Oxide,
Pyridazine N-Oxide and Benzofurazan N-Oxide” , H. A. Hodali, Arab. J.
Sc. Eng., 14, 211 (1989).
● “Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Ascorbic Acid by
Hexacyanoferrate(III) and Octacyanotungstate(V), Part I.” ,
H. A. Hodali and R. El-Zaru, Dirrasat, 16, 7 (1989).
● “Arylamidoxime Complexes of Antimony(V)” , H. A. Hodali
and A. Q. Hussein, Synth. React. Inorg. Met. –Org. Chem.”, 20, 1413
(1990).
● “Kinetics of Oxidation of Ascorbic Acid by Octacyano-molybdate(V) in Aqueous Methanol. A Comparative Study” , R. El-Zaru and H.
A. Hodali, Polyhedron, 9, 113 (1990).
● “Reactions of Some Halo Cyclopentadienyl Complexes With Silver
Tetrafluroborate” , A. M. Seyam, H. A.Samha and H. A. Hodali,
Gazzetta Chimica Italiana, 120, 527 (1990).
● “Synthesis, Characterization and Reactions of Some Methyl
Derivatives of Platinum(II). Part I.” , A. M. Saleem and H. A. Hodali,
Inorg.Chim. Acta., 174, 223 (1990).
● “Substituent Effects on the Oxidation of Benzoins by
Octacyanomolybdate(V) Ion”, H. A. Hodali and R. El-Zaru,
Polyhedron, 9, 2299 (1990).
● “Synthesis and Reactions of Some Phenyl Derivatives of
Platinum(II).” , A. M. Saleem and H. A. Hodali, Synth. React. in Inorg.
And Metal-Org. Chem., 20, 1143, (1990).
● “Synthesis and Characterization of Some Methyl Complexes of
Palladium(II). Part II.” , A. M. Saleem and H. A. Hodali, Transition
Met. Chem., 16, 458 (1991).
● “Some Ruthenium(II) Chloride Complexes With Bidentate Ligands” ,
A. M. Saleem, H. A. Samha, H. A. Hodali and A. M. Seyam, Synth.
React. In Inorg. Metal-Org. Chem., 6, 805 (1992).
● “Mass Spectroscopic Evidence for the Formation of Mixed-Metal
Octahedral Clusters [MonW6-nCl14]2-“, H. A. Hodali, H. Hung and D. F.
Shriver, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 198-200, 245 (1992).
● “Uranyl(VI) Complexes of Azooxime”, M. F. Hassan, A. M. Seyam
and H. A. Hodali, Polyhedron, 11, 1733 (1992).
● “Determination of Stability Constants of Bis(biacetylmonoxime)ethylenediimine and its O-Methyl Ether Derivative With
Pb(II) and Cd(II) Using Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltametry”
, M. Fayyad, H. A. Hodali and S. Al-Khatib, Asian J. Chem., 5, 421
(1993).
● “The Preparation of [PPN][M(CO)2X2] and Their Reactions With
Some Bidentate Ligands” , H. A. Hodali, Synth. React. Inorg. Met.–
Org. Chem., 24, 125 (1994).
● “Oxovanadium(IV) Complexes With Azooxime Ligands” , M. F.
Hasan, A. M. Seyam and H. A. Hodali, Synth. React. Met. –Org. Chem.,
26, 181, (1995).
● “Bis(Arylazoformaldoximato)-palladium(II) Complexes” , Khaleel
A. Abu-Sbeih, Mansour F. Hasan and H. A. Hodali, Dirassat, 22, 219
(1995).
● “The Oxidation of o-Benzoquinone Dioxime by [Fe(CN)6]3- and The
Evaluation of the Oxime Ka1” , R. El-Zaru and H. A. Hodali,
Polyhedron, 14, 671 (1995).
● “Dichloropalladium(II) Complexe With Mixed Donor Bidentate
Ligand” , A. S. Abu-Surrah, K. Lappalainen, M. Kling, M. Leskela, H.
A. Hodali and R. Rieger, Acta Cryst., C55, 188 (1998).
● “Palladium(II) Complexes bearing ethylene-bridged
S-As and
S-P Donor Ligands: Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Reactivity
Towards the Polymerization of Norbornene”, A. S. Abu-Surrah, K.
Lappalainen, T. Repo, M. Kling, M. Leskela and H. A. Hodali,
Polyhedron, 19 , 1601 (2000).
● “Homo and Copolymerization of Strained Cyclic Olefins With New
Palladium(II) Complexes Bearing Ethylene-Bridged Heterodonor
Ligands Palladium(II) Complexes bearing ethylene-bridged S-As and
S-P Donor Ligands”, A. S. Abu-Surrah, K. Lappalainen, M. Kettunen, T.
Repo, M, Leskela, H. A. Hodali and B Rieger, Macromol. Chem. Phys.,
202, 599-603 (2001).
● “Palladium(II) Complexes With The Mixed Donor Ligand CH3S(CH2)3-PPh2. Crystal Structure of [Pd Cl2{(CH3S-(CH2)3-PPh2)}n]
(n = 1, 2)”, E. M. Al-Shami, A. S. Abu-Surrah and H. A. Hodali, Z.
Anorg. Allg. Chem., 628, 1433-1436 (2002).
● “Crystal structure of dichloro(3-methylthio-2-methylpropyl)diphenylphosphine—palladium(II)—dichloro-methane(1:1),
Pd(C17H21PS)Cl2.CH2Cl2 ”, E. M. Al-Shami, A. S. Abu-Surrah; M.
Klinga; M. Ahlgren and H. A. Hodali, Z. Kistallogr. NCS 218, 537-538
(2003).
● “Palladium Complexes with Some Phosphorus-Sulfur Ligands”,
Khalifah A. Salmeia and Hamdallah A. Hodali
Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and NanoMetal Chemistry, 36:535–541( 2006).
● “Kinetics of oxidation of cysteine and captopril via Cs3[Mo(CN)8]
and Cs3[W(CN)8]”, Rana N. Zahdeh, Ribhi A. Zaru and Hamdallah
A. Hodali ,Polyhedron, 26, 3069 ( 2007).
● “Synthesis and crystal structure of palladium(II) complexes with 2[3-(diphenylphosphino)propyl]thiophene”, Khalifah A. Salmeia;
Rawhi Al-Far and Hamdallah A. Hodali, Polyhedron, 26, 4173
(2007).
●“Mineral Polymerization of some Industrial Rocks and Minerals in
Jordan”, H. N. Khoury, H. A. Hodali, M. K. Hourani Y. Mubarak, N.
Faqir, M. Esaifan, Publication of Deanship of Academic Research,
University of Jordan, 1- 60 (2008).
●“A Process for the Production of Pure Zeolite 4A from m
Raw Kaolinite”. Submitted Patent, H. A. Hodali and H. N. Khoury.
■ Books
and Manuals
● Translation From English to Arabic of: “Inorganic “Chemistry,
Principles of Structure and Reactivity” by J. Huheey, 2nd ed., Harper
& Row, New York, 1978. The Arabic Translation is Published in Two
Parts (1983).
● “Practical Analytical Chemistry” Prepared by : H. A. Hodali, M.
Fayyad, M. Allway and M. Tutangi , Department of Chemistry,
University of Jordan (1987).
● “The Chemistry” , H. A. Hodali, M. Rasrus, I. Kittaneh, F. Shihabii
and R. Kibeilat, Ministry of Education Publications (in Arabic),Amman
(1996).
● “ Introductry Laboratory Manual For General Chemistry” Prepared by
: H. A. Hudali, K. Abu-Dari, B. Sweleh and M Qaderi , Publication of
Deanship of Academic Research, University of Jordan (2006).
● “Laboratory Manual For General Chemistry” Prepared by H. A.
Hudali, K. Abu-Dari, B. Sweleh and M Qaderi, Publication of
Deanship of Academic Research, University of Jordan (2008).