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  • Computer simulation of the corrosion inhibition of copper in acidic solution by alkyl esters of 5-carboxybenzotriazole

    Author(s)
    Bartley, J.
    Huynh, N.
    Bottle, S.
    Flitt, H.
    Notoya, T.
    Schweinsberg, D.
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Huynh, Ngoc
    Year published
    2003
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    Abstract
    A series of alkyl esters (methyl, butyl, hexyl, and octyl) synthesised from a mixture of 4- and 5-carboxybenzotriazole (4-CBTAH and 5-CBTAH) inhibited copper corrosion in aerated solution (pHnot, vert, similar0). Inhibition efficiency (IE%) of the protonated esters (CBTAH2+-R) increased with hydrocarbon chain length and this is attributed to chemisorption (through azole ring N) and increased physical adsorption as more methyl groups are introduced. A modelling package employing molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics has been used to simulate the docking of a single protonated species (5-CBTAH2+-R) onto a clean copper (1 ...
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    A series of alkyl esters (methyl, butyl, hexyl, and octyl) synthesised from a mixture of 4- and 5-carboxybenzotriazole (4-CBTAH and 5-CBTAH) inhibited copper corrosion in aerated solution (pHnot, vert, similar0). Inhibition efficiency (IE%) of the protonated esters (CBTAH2+-R) increased with hydrocarbon chain length and this is attributed to chemisorption (through azole ring N) and increased physical adsorption as more methyl groups are introduced. A modelling package employing molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics has been used to simulate the docking of a single protonated species (5-CBTAH2+-R) onto a clean copper (1 1 0) surface. A decrease in potential energy was associated with the flattening of the ester ring system onto the surface and further decreases in energy were associated with the extension of the aliphatic chain onto the surface. The crude binding energy (Ebind) of each ester with the surface was estimated and this energy also increased regularly with carbon chain length. The study suggests that molecular modelling and calculation of Ebind of a single molecule on a specified metallic surface can be used to predict the inhibition performance of compounds whose structures change in a regular way.
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    Journal Title
    Corrosion Science
    Volume
    45
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-938X(02)00051-3
    Subject
    Biomolecular Modelling and Design
    Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified
    Civil Engineering
    Materials Engineering
    Mechanical Engineering
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/27112
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