DOI: 10.1039/d6ra05353j ISSN: 2046-2069

Electronic structure–performance relationship in pyridine-based Schiff bases: a dual experimental–DFT study on corrosion inhibition

Qahtan A. Yousif, Mahmoud A. Bedair

Two pyridine-based Schiff bases, N -(4-bromobenzylidene)pyridin-3-amine (BBPA) and N -[4-(dimethylamino)benzylidene]pyridin-3-amine (DBPA), were synthesized and evaluated as corrosion inhibitors for carbon steel in 1.0 M HCl.