Experimental and theoretical study for corrosion inhibition of mild steel in normal hydrochloric acid solution by some new macrocyclic polyether compounds

New macrocyclic polyether compounds containing a 1,3,4-thiadiazole moiety have been prepared to study the corrosion inhibitive effect of mild steel in normal hydrochloric acid solutions. The salient features obtained from weight loss and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) have been discussed. The results of these investigations have shown enhancement in inhibition efficiencies with the extent of the polyethylene glycol unit that forms a cavity. Data obtained from EIS show a frequency distribution and therefore a modelling element with frequency dispersion behaviour, a constant phase element (CPE) has been used. [Display omitted] Adsorption of n-MCTH was found to follow the Langmuir’s adsorption isotherm. The thermodynamic functions of adsorption process were calculated from experimental ac impedance data and the interpretation of the results are given. Molecular modelling has been conducted in an attempt to correlate the corrosion inhibition properties with the calculated quantum chemical parameters.