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Jordan Journal of Chemistry An International Peer-Reviewed Research Journal Funded by the Scientific Research Support Fund

Volume 13, No. 2, June 2018, Shawwal 1439 H Jordan Journal of C H E M I s t r y An International Peer-Reviewed Research Journal

Volume 13, No. 2, June 2018, Shawwal 1439 H Jordan Journal of Chemistry (JJC): An International Peer-Reviewed Research Journal funded by the Scientific Research Support Fund, Amman, Jordan, and published quarterly by the Deanship of Research & Graduate Studies, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:

Idrees F. Al-Momani Department of Chemistry, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. [email protected]

EDITORIAL BOARD:

Mohammad K. Horani President, AL-TafilaTechnical University,Tafila, Jordan. [email protected]

Zacharia A. Fataftah Department of Chemistry, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. [email protected]

Fawwaz I. Khalili Department of Chemistry, , Amman, Jordan. [email protected]

Rajab J. Abu-El-Halawa Department of Chemistry, University of Al al Bayt University, Al- Mafraq, Jordan. [email protected]

Yaser A. El-Haj Department of Chemistry, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. [email protected]

Arab K. Qaseer Department of Chemistry, Mu’tah University, Karak, Jordan [email protected]

Kayed A. Abu Safieh Department of Chemistry, The , Zarqa, Jordan [email protected]

Editorial Secretary: Abed Al-salam M. Ghnimat

Manuscripts should be submitted to:

Prof. Idrees F. Al-Momani Editor-in-Chief, Jordan Journal of Chemistry Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies Yarmouk University-Irbid-Jordan Tel. 00 962 2 7211111 Ext. 2036 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://jjc.yu.edu.jo Jordan Journal of C H E M I s t r y An International Peer-Reviewed Research Journal

Volume 13, No. 2, June 2018, Shawwal 1439 H

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Abd al-Rahman Atiyat Mahmoud F. Farhat Department of Chemistry, Yarmouk University, Irbed, Jordan. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Tripoli University E-mail: [email protected]. Tripoli, Libya. E-mail: [email protected]. Abdul Rahman A. Al-Warthan Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud Manar Fayyad University, P.O Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. President, German Jordanian University,P.O. Box 35247 E-mail:[email protected] Amman 11180 Jordan. Abdulmuttaleb Y.Jaber E-mail: [email protected]. Philadelphia University, Jordan. Marwan R. Kamal E-mail: [email protected]. Philadelphia University, Jordan. Alan H. Cowley E-mail:[email protected] Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,University of Metin Balci Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, E-mail: [email protected] Ankara, Turkey. Amin F. Fahmy E-mail: [email protected] Chemistry Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. E-mail:[email protected] Miguel Yus Departamento de Quimica Organica, Facultad de Ciencias, Athina A. Geronikaki University of Alicante, Alicante, Apdo. 99, 03080, Spain. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki – 54124, E-mail: [email protected] Greece. E-mail: [email protected] Mostafa A. El-Sayed Laser Dynamics Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Atta-Ur-Rahman Biochemistry, Georgia Tech, Atlanta. International Centre for Chemical Sciences,H. E. J. Research E-mail:[email protected]. Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan. E-mail:[email protected] Mousa Z. AL-Nazer Department of Chemistry, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan D. C. Gautam E-mail: [email protected] Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur – 302 004 (India), Musa H. Abu Zarga E-mail: [email protected] Department of Chemistry, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan E-mail: [email protected] Garry D. Christian Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Mustafa M. El-Abadelah WA, USA. Department of Chemistry, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] George Varvounis Ram K. Agarwal Department of Chemistry,University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 11/100, Rajendra Nagar Sector-3, Sahibabad-201005 Greece. (Ghaziabad), India. E-mail:[email protected] E-mail:[email protected] Heinrich Lang Salma M. Al-Kindy Technische Universität Chemnitz, Fakultät für Dean, College Of Science, Sultan QaboosUniversity, Muscat, Naturwissenschaften, Institut für Chemie, Lehrstuhl Oman. Anorganische Chemie, Straße der Nationen 62, D-09111 E-mail: [email protected] Chemnitz, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Samir A. AL-Taweel Helmut G. Alt Department of Chemistry, Mutah University, Karak, Jordan Laboratorium für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Bayreuth, E-mail: [email protected] Bayreuth, Germany. Stanislaw Ostrowski E-mail: [email protected]. Institute of Chemistry, University of Podlasie, Siedlce, Jose A. S. Cavaleiro Poland. Department of Chemistry,University of Aveiro, Aveiro, E-mail: [email protected] . Sultan T. Abu Orabi Al-Adwan E-mail: [email protected]. Secretary General – Association of Arab Universities (AARU), Khalil J. Asali P.O.Box 121- Tareq 11947- Amman / Jordan. Department of Chemistry,Jordan University of Science & E-mail: [email protected] Technology, Irbed, Jordan. E-mail: [email protected]. Yuan T. Lee National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Research Laurence M. Harwood Division, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, E-mail:[email protected] Whiteknights, Reading, UK. E-mail:[email protected]

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