Síntese e avaliação da atividade anticorrosiva de cloretos de 1,3,4-tiadiazólio-2-fenilaminas e 1,3,4-triazólio-2-tiolatos em meio ácido

Abstract

Corrosion is one of the serious problems faced in industrial processes, generating enormous financial losses. Several techniques are used to prevent or remedy corrosion in the different materials it affects. Among them, the use of organic or inorganic inhibitors has been widely used. Thus, in this thesis were synthesized 34 heterocyclic compounds, 18 chlorides of 1,3,4-thiadiazolium-2-phenylamines, (11 unpublished), and the other 16 compounds belonging to the class of mesoionic 1,3,4-triazolium -2-thiolate, (15 unpublished), with the objective of evaluating its efficiency as inhibitors of corrosion in acidic corrosion. Derivatives of the class 1,3,4-thiadiazolium-2-phenylamines were obtained with satisfactory purity and yields in the range of 42-96% and, in the class of 1,3,4-triazolium-2-thiolates in 20 -97%. All compounds were characterized by IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopies. The theoretical study was conducted using the SPARTAN-PRO program in the semi-empirical method with the Hamiltonian AM1, to determine its structural and electronic properties of 1,3,4-thiadiazolium-2-phenylamines that could contribute to the efficiency of inhibition of corrosion. The compounds of 1,3,4-thiadiazolium-2-phenylamine class were tested against corrosion of AISI 1020 carbon steel in 0.5 mol L-1HCl and in 0.5 mol L-1 H2SO4. For this evaluation, the electrochemical techniques of Potenciodynamic Polarization (PP), Resistance to Linear Polarization (RPL) and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) were used. The results showed significant percentages of corrosion inhibition in both acidic solutions, reaching the rate of up to 95% efficiency for the compound 4-phenyl-5-(3'-methoxy-phenyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazolium-2-phenylamine chloride in the concentration of 3.5x10-4 mol L-1 for the HCl solution, and 99% efficiency for the 2'-chloro and 2'-fluorosubstituted compounds in the concentration of3.5x10-4 mol L-1 for the H2SO4 solution. In addition to the electrochemical techniques, the gravimetric technique was used, which presented 99% of anticorrosive efficiency for the 2'-trifluoromethyl-substituted 1,3,4-thiadiazolium-2-phenylamine derivative, showed the best inhibitory effect in HCl solution. However, the 2'-trifluoromethyl-substituted 1,3,4-triazolium-2-thiol derivative showed less corrosion efficiency than its corresponding isomer. The methodologies used to evaluate the corrosion activity (PP, RPL and EIE), including the theoretical evaluation by molecular modeling, indicated the mesoionic chloridrates as efficient mixed corrosion inhibitors.