The effect of triphenylphosphane on corrosion inhibition of benzotriazole at Ag electrode monitored by SERS in nonaqueous solution

The corrosion inhibition behavior of benzotriazole (BTAH) on Ag electrodes and the influence of triphenylphosphane (pph(3)) were investigated by electrochemical method, in situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and direct electrochemical synthesis of surface complexes in nonaqueous solution. The results indicated that the BTA(-) ion was coordinated to the Ag surface to form a highly cross-linked surface polymer complex of [Ag(BTA)](n), which suppressed the dissolution and oxidation of Ag effectively. The introduction of a neutral ligand of pph(3) blocked the surface coordination processes of BTAH with the Ag electrode. It resulted in a decrease of inhibition efficiency to Ag surface. The ligand of pph(3) played a negative role on the corrosion inhibition of BTAH to the Ag electrode. The SERS results were well consistent with the cyclic voltammetry and polarization curves measurements. For modeling, two different surface complexes were prepared in acetonitrile with and without pph(3) by direct electrochemical synthesis. A polymer-like complex of [Ag(BTA)](n) attached to the Ag surface was obtained in the absence of pph(3), which suppressed the dissolution and oxidation of Ag effectively. A new binuclear compound, Ag(2)(BTA)(2)(pph(3))(4), was produced in acetonitrile with pph(3) and the final coordination process occurred in solution leading to difficulties in forming a compact surface film, thus decreasing the corrosion inhibition efficiency of BTAH. The role of pph(3) and the mechanism were proposed.

Syntheses and magnetostructural investigations on Kuratowski-type homo- and heteropentanuclear coordination compounds [MZn4Cl4(L)6] (M(II) = Zn, Fe, Co, Ni, or Cu; L = 5,6-dimethyl-1,2,3-benzotriazolate) represented by the nonplanar K(3,3) graph

Homo- and heteropentanuclear coordination compounds [MZn(4)Cl(4)(L)(6)] (M(II) = Zn, Fe, Co, Ni, or Cu; L = 5,6-dimethyl-1,2,3-benzotriazolate) were prepared containing mu(3)-bridging N-donor ligands (1,2,3-benzotriazolate), which are structurally related to the fundamental secondary building unit of Metal-organic Framework Ulm University-4 (MFU-4). The unique topology of these T(d)-symmetrical compounds is characterized by the nonplanar K(3,3) graph, introduced into graph theory by the mathematician Casimir Kuratowski in 1930. The following "Kuratowski-type" compounds were investigated by single-crystal X-ray structure analysis: [MZn(4)Cl(4)(Me(2)bta)(6)].2DMF (M(II) = Zn, Fe, Co, and Cu; DMF = N,N'-dimethylformamide) and [MZn(4)Cl(4)(Me(2)bta)(6)].2C(6)H(5)Br (M(II) = Co and Ni; C(6)H(5)Br = bromobenzene). The mu(3)-bridging benzotriazolate ligands span the edges of an imaginary tetrahedron, in the center of which a redox-active octahedrally coordinated M(II) ion is placed. Four Zn(II) ions are located at the corners of the coordination units. Each Zn center is bound to a monodentate Cl(-) anion and three N-donor atoms stemming from different benzotriazolate ligands. The fact that open-shell redox-active M(II) ions can be introduced selectively into the central octahedral coordination sites is unambiguously proven by a combination of magnetic measurements, UV-vis spectroscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry analysis. The phase purity of all compounds was checked by powder X-ray diffractometry, IR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. The electronic spectra and magnetic properties of the compounds are in complete agreement with their structures determined from single-crystal data. Thermogravimetric analysis shows that all compounds possess a high thermal stability up to 673 K. The pentanuclear compounds retain their structural integrity in solution, as evidenced by time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis and comparative solution and solid-state diffuse-reflectance spectroscopy. High stability paired with the presence of redox-active metal ions and Lewis-acidic Zn centers renders Kuratowski-type compounds structural and functional models for future MFU-4-type bi- and multifunctional heterogeneous catalysts.