PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS 1. B. El Ali and Howard Alper, "Synthesis of Unsatured Esters, including t-Alkyl Esters, by the Palladium Catalyzed Carbonylation of Alkynes in the presence of Alcohols and 1,4-Bis(diphenylphosphino) Butane", J. Mol. Catal. Vol (1991), 67(1), pp. 29. Abstract 2. B. El Ali and Howard Alper, "Lactonization Unsaturated Alcohols by Palladium Complexes under Neutral Conditions", J. Org. Chem. Vol 56 (1991), pp. 5357. Abstract 3. B. El Ali and Howard Alper, "Formic Acid-Palladium Acetate-1,4 Bis(Diphenlphosphino)Butane. An Effective Catalytic System for Regioselective Hdrocarboxylation", J. Mol. Catal. Vol. 77(1) (1992), pp. 7. Abstract 4. B. El Ali, G. Vasapollo and H. Alper, "Use of Formic or Oxalic Acid for the Regioselective Hydrocarboxylation of Alkenes and Alkynes Catalyzed by Pd/C and 1,4-bis(Diphenylphosphino)Butane", J. Org. Chem. Vol. 58(17) (1993), pp. 4739. Abstract 5. B. El Ali and H. Alper, "The Regiochemical Synthesis of Straight Chain Acids by the Palladium(II) Catalyzed Hydrocarboxylation of Olefins with Oxalic Acid", J. Mol. Catal. Vol. 80(3) (1993), pp. 377. Abstract 6. B. El Ali and H. Alper, "Palladium Acetate Catalyzed Synthesis of Cycloalkylacetic Acids by Regioselective Hydrocarboxylation of Methylenecycloalkanes with Formic Acid and1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane", J. Org. Chem. Vol. 58 (1993), pp. 3595. Abstract 7. G. Vasapollo, A. Somasunderam, B. El Ali and H. Alper, "Synthesis of Unsaturated Acids by 1,2-Addition of Formic Acid to Conjugated Dienes Catalyzed by Palladium on Carbon in the presence of mono and Bidentate Phosphines", Tetrahedron Let. Vol. 35 (1994), pp. 6203. Abstract 8. N. V. Reddy, A. Masdeu, B. El Ali and H. Alper, "Palladium Complex / K2CO3 - Catalyzed Reductive Carbonylation of Mono and Dinitroaromatic Compounds”, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm. (1994), pp. 863. Abstract 9. B. El Ali and H. Alper, "Regioselective Palladium (II) Catalyzed Hydroesterification of Alkynes and Alkynols using Formate Esters", J. Mol. Cat., Vol. 96 (1995), pp. 197. Abstract 10. B. El Ali, K. Okuro, G. Vasapollo, and H. Alper, “Regioselective Palladium (II) Catalyzed Synthesis of 5- or 7-Membered Ring Lactones, and 5-, 6-, or 7-Membered Ring Lactams, by Cyclocarbonylation Methodology”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. Vol. 118 (1996), pp. 4264. Abstract 11. B. El Ali, G. Vasapollo, and H. Alper, “A Novel Rh(I)-CO-HCOOH Catalytic System for the Regiospecific Conversion of Alkenes to Aldehydes”, J. Mol. Catal. Vol. 112 (1996), pp. 195. Abstract 12. L. Troisi, G. Vasapollo, B. El Ali, G. Mele, S. Florio, V. Capriati, “Palladium (II) Catalyzed Regioselective Lactonization of Steroids. Chemoselective Construction of Novel Estrone Derivatives”, Tetrahedron Lett. Vol. 40 (1999), pp. 1771. Abstract 13. B. El Ali, H. Alper, “The Application of Transition Metal Catalysis for Selective Cyclocarbonylation Reactions. Synthesis of Lactones and Lactams”, Synlett. Vol. 2 (2000), pp. 161. Abstract 14. B. G. Van den Hoven, B. El Ali, and H. Alper, “Chemo- and Regioselective Cyclohydrocarbonylation of a-Keto Alkynes Catalyzed by a Zwitterionic Rhodium Complex and Triphenyl Phosphite”, J. Org. Chem. Vol. 65 (2000), pp. 4131. Abstract 15. B. El Ali, A. El-Ghanam, M. Fettouhi, J. Tijani, “Palladium (II)–Catalyzed Regioselective Carbonylative Coupling of Aniline Derivatives with Terminal Aryl Acetylenes to Acrylamides under Syngas Conditions”, Tetrahedron Lett. Vol.41 (2000), pp. 5761. Abstract 16. G. Vasapollo, A. Scarpa, G. Mele, L. Ronzini, B. El Ali, “Synthesis of Bislactones Catalyzed by a Pd-dppb system”, Appl. Organomet. Chem. Vol. 14 (2000), pp. 739. Abstract 17. B. El Ali, A. El-Ghanam, M. Fettouhi, “H3+nPM12-nVnO40-Catalyzed Regioselective Oxidation of Benzoin Derivatives into Aromatic Aldehydes and Esters an/or Benzil Derivatives”, J. Mol. Catal. Vol. 165 (2001), pp. 283. Abstract 18. B. El Ali, A. El-Ghanam, M. Fettouhi, “Heteropolyacid-Catalyzed Chemoselective Oxidative Cleavage of Benzil Derivatives giving Carboxylic Esters”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. Vol. 26 (2001), pp. 3. Abstract 19. B. El Ali, J. Tijani, A. El-Ghanam, M. Fettouhi, “Regioselective Control of the Thiocarbonylation of Terminal Acetylenes with Arylthiols Catalyzed by Pd(II) and Diphosphine Ligands”, Tetrahedron Lett. Vol. 42 (2001), pp. 1567. Abstract 20. B. El Ali, J. Tijani, A. El-Ghanam, “Pd(II)–dppb and Syngas Catalyze Regioselective Hydroesterification of Terminal Alkynes under Neutral Conditions”, Tetrahedron Lett. Vol. 42 (2001), pp. 2385. Abstract 21. Yong-Shou Lin, Bassam El Ali, and Howard Alper, “Zwitterionic Rhodium Complex Catalyzed Hydroaminomethylation of Arylethylenes”, Tetrahedron Lett. Vol. 42 (2001), pp. 2423. Abstract 22. Yong-Shou Lin, Bassam El Ali, and Howard Alper, “A Novel One-Pot Reaction: Zwitterionic Rhodium Complex-Catalyzed Hydroaminovinylation of Vinyl Sulfones and a Vinylphosphonate”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. Vol. 123 (2001), pp. 7719-7720. Abstract 23. B. El Ali, M. Fettouhi, “PdCl2(PPh3)2 - Heteropolyacids Catalyzed Regioselective Hydrocarboxylation of Styrene”, J. Mol. Catal. Vol. 182-183 (2002), pp. 195-207. Abstract 24. Bassam El Ali, Jimoh Tijani, Abdel Moneim El-Ghanam, “Palladium acetate catalyzed efficient synthesis of N-aryl-a,b-unsaturated amides via carbonylative addition of aniline derivatives to aromatic alkynes”, Appl. Organomet. Chem. Vol. 16 (2002), pp.369-379. Abstract 25. Bassam El Ali, Jimoh Tijani, Abdel Moneim El-Ghanam, “Total regioselective control of the carbonylative coupling of 1-heptyne with aniline and N-methyl aniline catalyzed by palladium (II) and phosphine ligand”, J. Mol. Catal. Vol. 187 (2002), pp. 17. Abstract 26. Bassam El Ali, “The effect of the Heteropolyacids on the Hydrocarboxylation of Styrene: Comparative Study on Hydrocarboxylation and Hydroesterification reactions“, React. Kinet. Catal. Vol. 2 (2002), pp. 227. Abstract 27. L. Longo, G. Mele, G. Ciccarella, V. Sgobba, B. El Ali, and G. Vasapollo,“Palladium(II) and bidentate phosphine – catalyzed selective synthesis of N-aryl-2-pyrrolidinones via cyclocarbonylative coupling of 2-aminophenol and 2-aminothiophenol”, Appl. Organomet. Chem., 2002, 16, 537-542. Abstract28. M. Fettouhi, B. El Ali, A. El-Ghanam, S. Golhen, L. Ouahab, N. Daro and J. P Sutter,“Temperature dependence of the crystal lattice organization of coordination compounds involving nitronyl nitroxide radicals: A magnetic and structural investigation”, Inorg. Chem. Vol 41 (2002), pp. 3705-3712. Abstract 29. R. Amorati, O. Attanasi, B. El Ali, P. Filippone, G. Mele, J. Spadavecchia, and G. Vasapollo, “Synthesis of new cardanol and cardol derivatives by allylation and regioselective cyclocarbonylation reactions”, Synthesis Vol. 18 (2002), pp. 2749-2755. Abstract 30. M. Fettouhi, B. El Ali, M. Morsy, S. Golhen, L. Ouahab, B. Le Guennic, J.-Y. Saillard, N. Daro, J.-P. Sutter, E. Amouyal, “Metal-Dependent Ferro- Versus Antiferromagnetic Interactions in Molecular Crystals of Square Planar {M(II) Imino-Nitroxide Radical} Complexes (M=Pt, Pd)”, Inorganic Chemistry Vol. 42 (2003), pp. 1316-1321. Abstract 31. Bassam El Ali, “Rh6(CO)16-H3PW12O40-Catalyzed one pot Hydroformylation-Trimerization of Cyclohexene: Selective Synthesis of 1,3,5-Tricyclohexyltrioxane”, J. Mol. Catal. Vol. 203 (2003), pp. 53-58. Abstract 32. Giuseppe Vasapollo, Giuseppe Mele, Bassam El Ali, “Catalytic and selective synthesis of lactones and bis-lactones by palladium acetate/1,4-bis(diphenyl-phosphino)butane system under syngas conditions”, J. Mol. Catal. Vol 204-205 (2003), pp. 97-105. Abstract 33. Bassam El Ali, “Selective Hydroformylation of Alkenes Catalyzed by RhCl3, 3H2O in the presence of HC(OEt)3 and P(OPh)3”, Catal. Commun. Vol. 4 (2003), pp. 621-626. Abstract 34. Bassam El Ali and Jimoh Tijani, “Catalytic and regioselective Synthesis of gem- or trans-a,b-Unsaturated Amides By Carbonylation of alkyl Alkynes with Aniline Derivatives by palladium (II) and phosphine”, Appl. Organomet. Chem. Vol. 17 (2003), pp. 921-931. Abstract 35. Bassam El Ali, J. Tijani, M. Fettouhi, A. Al-Arfaj, M. El-Faer, “Heteropolyacids-Enhanced the Catalytic Activity of Rh6(CO)16 in the hydroformylation of alkenes”, Appl. Organomet. Chem. Vol. 19 (2005) pp. 329-338. Abstract 36. Bassam El Ali, J. Tijani, M. Fettouhi, M. El-Faer, A. Al-Arfaj, “Rhodium (I) and rhodium (III)–heteropolyacids supported on MCM-41 for the catalytic hydroformylation of styrene derivatives”, Appl. Catal., Vol. 283 (2005) pp. 185-196. Abstract 37. Bassam El Ali, J. Tijani, M. Fettouhi, “Selective hydroformylation-acetalization of aryl alkenes in methanol catalyzed by RhCl3, 3H2O - P(OPh)3 system”, J. Mol. Catal. Vol. 230 (2005) pp. 9-16. Abstract 38. Bassam El Ali, J. Tijani, M. Fettouhi, “Hydroformylation of alkyl alkenes catalyzed by rhodium supported on MCM-41: the effect of H3PW12O40 on the catalytic activity and recycling”. J. Mol. Catal., 250 (2006) 153-162. Abstract 39. Bassam El Ali, J. Tijani, “Selective thermomorphic biphasic hydroformylation of higher olefins catalyzed by HRhCO(PPh3)3 / P(OPh)3”, Appl. Catal., 303 (2006)158-165. Abstract 40. Bassam El Ali, J. Tijani, M. Fettouhi, “Rh(I) or Rh(III) supported on MCM-41-catalyzed selective hydroformylation-acetalization of aryl alkenes: effect of the additives”. Appl. Catal., 303 (2006) 213-220. Abstract 41. M. F. Ali, A. Al-Malki, B. El Ali, G. Martinie, M. N. Siddiqui, “Deep Desulphurization of Gasoline and Diesel Fuels Using Non-Hydrogen Consuming Techniques”, Fuel, 85 (2006) 1354-1363. Abstract 42. J. Tijani and Bassam El Ali, “Rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation of olefins: Effect of [bis(2,4-di-tert butyl) pentaerythritol] diphosphite (Alkanox P-24) on the regioselectivity of the reaction”, J. Organometal. Chem., 692 (2007) 3492-3497. Abstract 43. Ahsan M Shemsi; Bassam El Ali; Khalil A Ziq; Mohamed Morsy; Tony D Keene; Silvio Decurtins; Mohammed Fettouhi, “Mixed-ligand platinum and palladium complexes based on dinitrogen chelating ligands and a pyridine bearing the nitronylnitroxide radical”, Inorg. Chem. Comm., 10 (2007) 1355-1359. Abstract 44. Abdalla Abulkibash, Mazen Khaled, Bassam El Ali, and Mohammad Emad, “Phosphonocarboxylic Acid as an Efficient Corrosion Inhibitors for Steel in Cooling Water Systems”, Arabian Journal For Science and Engineering, 33 (2008) 29-40. Abstract 45. Hassan M. Badawi, Wolfgang Förner, Bassam El Ali, Abdul-Razzag A. H. Al-Durais, “Ring inversion, structural stability and vibrational assignments of sulfolane c-C4H8SO2 and 3-sulfolene c-C4H6SO2”, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 70 (2008) 983. Abstract 46. Jimoh Tijani, Rami Suleiman, Bassam El Ali, "Palladium-dppb-Borate-Catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of Cinnamate Esters by Alkoxycarbonylation of Phenylacetylene", Appl. Organomet. Chem., 22 (2008) 553-559. Abstract |