Issue 40, 2022

Synthesis, structure, and corrosion inhibiting properties of REIII 3-thiophenecarboxylate complexes

Abstract

Two series of Rare Earth (RE) 3-thiophencarboxylate (3TPC) complexes have been synthesized by metathesis reactions between a suitable RE salt and Na(3TPC). Single crystal X-ray diffraction determined that light rare earth metals yield nonacoordinate 1D polymeric complexes [Ln(3TPC)3(H2O)3]n (Ln = La (1a), Ce (1b), Pr (1c), Nd (1d), Sm (1e), Gd (1f)) while the heavier elements have a dimeric structure [Ln2(3TPC)6(H2O)4]·H2O (Ln = Dy (2a), Ho (2b), Y (2c), Er (2d), Lu (2e)) with eight coordinated metal centers. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and microanalysis data of all the compounds except for compound (2e) are consistent with the composition derived from single-crystal data. However, bulk compound [Lu2(3TPC)6(H2O)4]·H2O (2e) lost both coordinated and lattice water during the drying process. Based on weight loss measurements, the corrosion inhibitory properties of the synthesized compounds on mild steel show that [Y2(3TPC)6(H2O)4]·H2O (2c) has the greatest inhibition efficiency (68%). The potentiodynamic polarisation (PP) measurements are generally consistent with immersion test results. However, [Gd(3TPC)3(H2O)3]n (1f) exhibited a similar optimum value with an inhibitor efficiency of 70% utilizing this technique. The PP curves show that these compounds act predominantly as anodic inhibitors.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis, structure, and corrosion inhibiting properties of REIII 3-thiophenecarboxylate complexes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Jul 2022
Accepted
06 Sep 2022
First published
07 Sep 2022

New J. Chem., 2022,46, 19104-19111

Synthesis, structure, and corrosion inhibiting properties of REIII 3-thiophenecarboxylate complexes

V. P. Vithana, Z. Guo, G. B. Deacon, A. E. Somers and P. C. Junk, New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 19104 DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ03556A

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