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Mahmoud Shaker Ahmed Sunjuk
Associate Professor
Inorganic chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Faculty of Science
Department of Chemistry
mahmoud.sunjuk@hu.edu.jo
ORCID ID :
210457229
Office No. :
5235
EXT :
5235
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Ph.D.
Eberhard-Karls-Univ.Tuebingen
Germany,2003
Master
University of Jordan
Jordan,1997
Bachelor
Yarmouk University
Jordan,1994
Area of Research Interest: 1. Synthesis and characterization of Cd (II) /phenol complexes, Cd (II) /Amino Acids complexes and Cd (II) /NSAIDs complexes and its uses to remove cadmium from wastewater using magnetic carbon nanotubes 2. Synthesis ,characterization and Biological Activity of Metal Complexes of Schiff Bases 3. Synthesis and characterization of SiO2/CuO composite and its use for adsorption of cationic and anionic organic dyes from aqueous solutions 4. Chelating complexes of lithium with organophosphonates and Development of analytical methods for extraction of lithium from aqueous solutions. 5. Development of new method for producing aqueous dispersions of carbon monoxide copolymers with olefins in presence of palladium complex catalysts. 6. Development of analytical methods for environmental pollutants.
Publications: 1) A. Held, L. Kolb, R. Thomann, S. Mecking, M. Schmid, R. Pietruschka, E. Lindner, M. Sunjuk, M. Khanfar Preparation of Aqueous Polyketone Dispersions using Water-Insoluble Pd(II) Catalysts.. Macromolecules 35 (9), 3342-3347 APR 23,2002. 2) Mahmoud Sunjuk, Salem M. Musleh, Maha Tutanji and Ghazi Derwish .Urea and Thiourea Jordanian Modified Kaolinite as Adsorbent of Phenolics in Aqueous Solution.. Ultra Scientist (2006), 18(1), 25-38. 3) PATENT: Schmid, Markus; Chowdhry, Mubarik; Sunjuk, Mahmoud; Kristen, Marc Oliver; Mecking, Stefan; Held, Anke; Lindner, Ekkehard; Wegner, Peter.Manufacture of aqueous dispersions of carbon monoxide copolymers with olefins in presence of palladium complex catalysts. PCT Int. Appl. (2003), 39 pp. CODEN: PIXXD2 WO 0306528 A1 20030123 CAN 138:107166 AN 2003:58146 CAPLUS 4) PATENT: Schmid, Markus; Chowdhry, Mubarik Mahmood; Sunjuk, Mahmoud; Preishuber-Pfluegl, Peter; Sava, Xavier; Lindner, Ekkehard ; Wegner, Peter Production of aqueous polymer dispersions. . PCT Int. Appl. (2004), 23 pp. CODEN: PIXXD2 WO 2004101632 A1 20041125 CAN 142:7005 AN 2004:1016084 CAPLUS 5) Mahmoud Sunjuk, Ekkehard Lindner, Bassam El-Eswed. Water-Soluble Palladium(II) Catalysts for the Preparation of Polyketones: from Aqueous to Emulsion Polymerization. Transworld Research Network 37/661 (2), Fort P.O., Trivandrum-695 023, Kerala, India Well-defined Metal Complexes-Catalyzed Polar Polymer Synthesis, 2008: ISBN: 978-81-7895-368-7 Editors: Adnan S. Abu-Surrah and Khalid Ibrahim 6) Mousa Al – Noaimi, Mohammad El-Khateeb, Salim F. Haddad, Mahmoud Sunjuk, Robert J. Crutchley. Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and DFT Investigation of Azoimine- ruthenium Complexes containing Aromatic – Nitrogen ligands.. Polyhedron. 27(2008) 3239-3246 7) . Yahya S. Al-Degs, Amjad H. El-Sheikh, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Mahmoud S. Sunjuk Determination of Commercial Colorants in Different Water Bodies Using Partial Least Squares Regression (PLS): A Chemometric Study Jordan Journal of Chemistry Vol.3,No.3,2008, PP.321-336 8) Kamal Sweidan, Ahmed Al-Sheikh , Bassam Sweileh , Mahmoud Sunjuk and Norbert Kuhn A New Route Synthesis of Phosphorus, Arsenic and Antimony 1,3-Dimethyl-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-pyrimidinetrione Ylides. . Letters in Organic Chemistry, 2009,6,1-3 9) Mahmoud Sunjuk, Mousa Al-Noaimi, Ekkehard Lindner, Bassam El-Eswed,Kamal Sweidan. Synthesis and Characterization of Water-Soluble Palladium(II)-Functionalized Diphosphine Complexes, Polyhedron 28 (2009) 1393-1398. 10) Mahmoud Sunjuk, Mousa Al-Noaimi, Yahya Al-Degs, Tariq Al-Qirim, Ekkehard Lindner, Adnan Abu-Surrah. Higher ?-olefins carbonylation in aqueous media by Pd(II) catalysts modified with substituted diphosphine ligands: aqueous polyketone latices with high solid contents and molecular weights. Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry Vol.47, 6715-6725 (2009). 11) Yahya S. Al-Degs, Amjad H. El-Sheikh, Ayman A. Issa, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti and Mahmoud Sunjuk .A simple and accurate analytical method for determination of three commercial dyes in different water systems using partial least squares regression, Water Science and Technology (2012), 66(8), 1647-1655. 12) Al-Noaimi, Mousa; Sunjuk, Mahmoud; El-khateeb, Mohammad; Haddad, Salim F.; Haniyeh, Alaa; AlDamen, Murad Cis-trans Isomerism in mixed-ligand ruthenium(II) complexes containing bis(phosphine) and azoimine ligands. Polyhedron (2012), 42(1), 66-73 13) Mahmoud Sunjuk, Adnan S. Abu-Surrah, Esraa Al-Ramahi, Abdussalam K. Qaroush, Abdullah Saleh.Selective coupling of carbon dioxide and epoxystyrene via salicylaldimine-, thiophenaldimine-, and quinolinaldimineiron(II), iron(III), chromium(III), and cobalt(III)/Lewis base Catalysts. Transition Met. Chem. (2013), 38: 253–257 14 ) Mahmoud Sunjuk, Bassam I. El-Eswed, Jamal Dawoud, Amneh Shtaiwi, Monther Khanfar, Mohammad El-khateeb. Evidences for chelating complexes of lithium with phenylphosphinic and phenylphosphonic acids : a spectroscopic and DFT study. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements. (189), 558 ,2014. 15 ) Jamal A. Sweileh, Karema Y. Misef, Amjad H. El-Sheikh, Mahmoud S. Sunjuk Development of a new method for determination of aluminum (Al) in Jordanian foods and drinks: Solid phase extraction and adsorption of Al3+-D-mannitol on carbon nanotubes Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 33 (2014) 6–13 16 ) YS Al-Degs, A Ghrir, H Khoury, GM Walker, M Sunjuk, MA Al-Ghouti.Characterization and utilization of fly ash of heavy fuel oil generated in power stations Fuel Processing Technology 123, 41-46, 2014 17 ) E Mallah, K Sweidan, W Abu Dayyih, M Steimann, M Sunjuk. Crystal structure of 1, 3-dicyclohexyl-4, 5-dimethyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-2-carbodithioate chloroform monosolvate. Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online 70 (12), o1227-o1228, 2014 18) KAA Safieh, YS Al-Degs, MS Sunjuk, AI Saleh, MA Al-Ghouti. Selective removal of dibenzothiophene from commercial diesel using manganese dioxide-modified activated carbon: a kinetic study. Environmental technology, 1-8, 2014 19) B El-Eswed, M Sunjuk, YS Al-Degs, A Shtaiwi Solvent extraction of Li+ using organophosphorus ligands in the presence of ammonia. Separation Science and Technology 49(9) 2014 20) Mahmoud Sunjuk, Adnan S. Abu-Surrah, Kayed A. Abu Safieh, Abdussalam K. Qaroush, Feda’a M. Al-Qaisi. ?-Diimine palladium(II) based complexes mediated polymerization of methyl methacrylate Arabian Journal of Chemistry. vol. 10. 1209-1215, 2017. 21) Kamal Sweidan , Monther Khanfar , Ala'a Al-Shamaileh , Mahmoud Sunjuk and Rajendra Joshic, Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of pentyl 2-(1H-indole-2- carboxamido)benzoate, Current Chemistry Letters 8 (2019) 63–68 22) Bety S. Al?Saqarat, Yahya S. Al?Degs, Fadia M. Musleh, Hilana S. Najjar, Mousa Al?Noaimi, Jamal N. Dawoud, Mahmoud S. Sunjuk, Structural characterization of shale oil obtained by Soxhlet extraction, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, (2019) 38 (6), e13234 23) Mahmoud Sunjuk, Husam Arar, Wadah F. Mahmoud, Majdi Majdalawi, Monzer M. Krishan, Yousef Abu Salha, Bassam El-Eswed, Adsorption of cationic and anionic organic dyes on SiO2/CuO composite, Desalination and Water Treatment 169(2019)383-394 24) Bassam I El-Eswed, Mahmoud Sunjuk, Raed Ghuneim, Yahya S Al-Degs, Maha Al Rimawi, Yanal Albawarshi, Competitive extraction of Li, Na, K, Mg and Ca ions from acidified aqueous solutions into chloroform layer containing diluted alkyl phosphates, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 587(2021), 229-239 25) Mahmoud Sunjuk, Lana Al-Najjar, Majed Shtaiwi, Bassam El-Eswed, Mousa Al-Noaimi, Luay Al-Essa,Kamal Sweidan ,Transition Metal Complexes of Schiff Base Ligands Prepared from Reaction of Aminobenzothiazole with Benzaldehydes, Inorganics 2022, 10(4), 43; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10040043 26) Amjad H.El-Sheikh, Haneen K.Abu-Dgham, Mahmoud S.Sunjuk, Nabil N.Al-Hashimi Effect of co-presence of NSAIDs with cadmium: i) evaluation of NSAID-bearing water for washing Cd from soil, ii) Cd removal from NSAID-bearing water using magnetic graphene oxide Emerging Contaminants 2022, Pages 151-161, Volume 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2022.03.005 27) Aya Mohammed kheir Al-Zuheiri, Kamal Sweidan, Mohammed Kamal Harb, Sanaa K. Bardaweel, Mahmoud Sunjuk, and Dima A. Sabbah Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Screening of New N-Substituted-7-chloro-4-hydroxy-2-quinolone-3-carboxamides as Promising Anticancer Agents, Heterocyclic , Vol. 104, No. 7, 2022 DOI: 10.3987/COM-22-14644 28) Amjad H.El-Sheikh, Amani H Mansou, Mahmoud S.Sunjuk, Nabil N.Al-Hashimi Cd (II) removal from amino acids-bearing wastewater: Critical evaluation and comparison of using magnetic carbon nanotubes vs. magnetiteEmerging Contaminants 2022, Pages 288-298, Volume 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2022.06.001 29) Amjad H.El-Sheikh, Amani H Mansou, Mahmoud S.Sunjuk, Nabil N.Al-Hashimi Cd(II) removal from phenols-bearing wastewater using magnetic carbon nanotubesEmerging Contaminants 2022, Pages 400-410, Volume 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2022.11.001 30) Mahmoud Sunjuk , Lana Al-Najjar , Majed Shtaiwi , Bassam I. El-Eswed , Kamal Sweidan ,Paul V. Bernhardt , Hiba Zalloum and Luay Al-Essa , Metal Complexes of Schiff Bases Prepared from Quinoline-3-Carbohydrazide with 2-Nitrobenzaldehyde, 2-Chlorobenzaldehyde and 2,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde: Structure and Biological Activity, Inorganics 2023, 11,412. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11100412 31) Mahmoud Sunjuk, Adnan Abu-Surrah, Bassam El-Eswed, and Markus Schmid, The Effect of Weakly Coordinating Solvent and Counter Anion on Diphosphine-Palladium(II) Catalytic Reactivity for Copolymerization of 1-Butene with Carbon Monoxide in Aqueous Media, Chemistry Select 2024. In Press 32) Dania Altaher , Hiba Zalloum , Kamal Sweidan, , Dima A. Sabbah , Husam AlSalamat , Mahmoud Sunjuk and Reem Isleem. Synthesis, Characterization and Preliminary Screening of New N-Substituted -8-Methyl-4-Hydroxy-2-Quinolone -3-Carboxamides as Potential Anticancer Agents. Current Organic Synthesis, In Press (2024) .DOI: 10.2174/0115701794291133240327044308 33) Nabil N Al-Hashimi, Husam Abed Alfattah, Musa I El-Barghouthi, Amjad H El-Sheikh, Hanan M Alenezi, Mahmoud S Sunjuk, Khairi Fahelelbom Environmentally Friendly Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic-Based Solvent Bar Microextraction Combined with HPLC-DAD for Determination of Steroid Hormones in Urine and Water Available at SSRN 4749877
Supervision: 1) M. Sc. Thesis Title of thesis : Complexes of lithium with different binary ligands systems and their applications in synergistic extraction of lithium Finished: Amneh shtaiwi (2011) 2) M. Sc. Thesis Title of thesis :Azoimine-diphosphine mixed –ligand ruthenium (II) complexes, synthesis, characterization, spectroscopic, redox properties and x-ray structures Finished: Ala'a Haniyeh(2013) 3) M. Sc. Thesis Title of thesis : Complexes of lithium with Organosulfur and Organophosphorus Ligands and Their Applications in Liquid –Liquid Extraction of Lithium Finished: Enas Madi (2016) 4) M. Sc. Thesis Title of thesis : Complexation of Li and Mg with Trialkylphosphates ligands and their application in extraction of lithium from high Mg/Li solution Finished: Raed Ghuneim (2019) 5) M. Sc. Thesis Title of thesis : Synthesis and Characterization of some Transition Metal Complexes with Schiff base ligands of Quinoline -3- Carboxylic acid hydrazides and Substituted Benzothiazoles. Finished: Lana Al-Najjar (2020) Cosupervision: 3) M. Sc. Thesis Title of thesis: Coupling of Carbon Dioxide and Some Epoxides with Iron(III), Cobalt(III) and Chromium(III) Based Catalysts with Bidentate Salen Ligands Finished: Esraa Al-Ramahi (2012)
1. Department Chair (Department of Basic Sciences), 2019- 2021 2. Assistant Dean (Faculty of Science), 2013-2015 3.. Associate Professor: Chemistry Courses of General, Polymer, Organometallic, Industrial and Inorganic and their laboratories at Hashemite University, 2014- 3.. Assistant Professor: Chemistry Courses of General, Organometallic, Industrial and Inorganic and their laboratories at Hashemite University, 2007-2014 4. Assistant Professor: Chemistry Courses of General, Analytical , Instrumental, Organic and Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry and their laboratories at Al-Zaytoonah Private University Of Jordan 2005-2007. 5. Study Director: Analytical method development for analysis of drugs in Plasma using HPLC and GC Chromatography. Pharmaceutical Research Unit / Royal Scientific Society 2004 -2005 6. Post-doc: Generation of New Water-Soluble Catalysts for the Emulsion Copolymerization of Different Non-polar and Polar Monomers. Polymer Research Lab , 2003-2004, BASF, Germany. 7. Teaching assistant: Chemistry laboratory courses of Inorganic, Organic, Analytical and General Chemistry at Eberhard-Karls-Univ. Tuebingen 2000-2003. 8. Teacher of Chemistry in Saudi Arabia for three years 1997-2000. 9. Teaching assistant: Chemistry Laboratory Courses of General, Organic and Analytical Chemistry at Univ. of Jordan 1994-1997.
General Chemistry, Polymer, Organometallic Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry and their laboratories Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Chemistry, Organic and Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry and their laboratories
Experience : 1. Department Chair (Department of Basic Sciences), 2019- 2021 2. Assistant Dean (Faculty of Science), 2013-2015 3.. Associate Professor: Chemistry Courses of General, Polymer, Organometallic, Industrial and Inorganic and their laboratories at Hashemite University, 2014- 3.. Assistant Professor: Chemistry Courses of General, Organometallic, Industrial and Inorganic and their laboratories at Hashemite University, 2007-2014 4. Assistant Professor: Chemistry Courses of General, Analytical , Instrumental, Organic and Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry and their laboratories at Al-Zaytoonah Private University Of Jordan 2005-2007. 5. Study Director: Analytical method development for analysis of drugs in Plasma using HPLC and GC Chromatography. Pharmaceutical Research Unit / Royal Scientific Society 2004 -2005 6. Post-doc: Generation of New Water-Soluble Catalysts for the Emulsion Copolymerization of Different Non-polar and Polar Monomers. Polymer Research Lab , 2003-2004, BASF, Germany. 7. Teaching assistant: Chemistry laboratory courses of Inorganic, Organic, Analytical and General Chemistry at Eberhard-Karls-Univ. Tuebingen 2000-2003. 8. Teacher of Chemistry in Saudi Arabia for three years 1997-2000. 9. Teaching assistant: Chemistry Laboratory Courses of General, Organic and Analytical Chemistry at Univ. of Jordan 1994-1997. Area of Research Interest: 1. Synthesis and characterization of Cd (II) /phenol complexes, Cd (II) /Amino Acids complexes and Cd (II) /NSAIDs complexes and its uses to remove cadmium from wastewater using magnetic carbon nanotubes 2. Synthesis ,characterization and Biological Activity of Metal Complexes of Schiff Bases 3. Synthesis and characterization of SiO2/CuO composite and its use for adsorption of cationic and anionic organic dyes from aqueous solutions 4. Chelating complexes of lithium with organophosphonates and Development of analytical methods for extraction of lithium from aqueous solutions. 5. Development of new method for producing aqueous dispersions of carbon monoxide copolymers with olefins in presence of palladium complex catalysts. 6. Development of analytical methods for environmental pollutants.
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