A METHOD OF INHIBITING CORROSION ON METAL SURFACES USING PERFLUOROALKYL CONTAINING TRIAZOLES

Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface by treating said surface with an effective amount of a compound of the formula wherein R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄, independently of one another represent hydrogen, hydroxy or halogen or are alkyl, alkoxy, alkanoyloxy, or alk­ anoylamino groups which are unsubstituted or substituted by alkoxy, hydroxyl, halogen, aryl, cycloalkyl, azacycloalkyl, cyano or by polyalkyleneoxy, or two or more of adjacent R₁-R₄ together form one or more fused rings carbon or heterocyclic of 5 - 8 members each; R f is perfluoroalkyl of 2 to 16 carbon atoms or perfluoroalkoxyalkyl of 4 to 16 carbon atoms and R is a) an alkylene of up to 16 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, lower alkoxy, or halo, and which may be interrupted by oxygen, sulfur, carboxamido, sulfon­ amido, aminosulfonyl, aminocarbonyl, carbonyloxy, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl; or b) R is sulfonyl- or carbonylaminoalkylene or -aralkylene of up to 16 carbon atoms, which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, lower alkoxy, or halo, and said alkylene is uninterrupted or interrupted by oxygen, sulfur, carbox­ amido, sulfonamido, aminocarbonyl, aminosulfonyl, carbonyl­ oxy, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl; or mixtures thereof.

Description: The present invention relates to the use of perfluoroalkyl con­ taining triazoles as oil soluble corrosion inhibitors for metal surfaces and to new perfluoroalkyl containing triazoles. French Patent No. 2 026 493 discloses the reaction products of benzotriazoles and perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids as oil-soluble corrosion inhibitors. More specifically, one embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface by treating said surface with an effective corrosion inhibiting amount of a compound of the formula wherein R is a) an alkylene of up to 16 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, lower alkoxy, or halo, and which may be interrupted by oxygen, sulfur, carboxamido, sulfon­ amido, aminosulfonyl, aminocarbonyl, carbonyloxy, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl; or b) R is sulfonyl- or carbonylaminoalkylene or -aralkylene of up to 16 carbon atoms, which is unsubstituted or substitued by hydroxy, lower alkoxy, or halo, and said alkylene is uninterrupted or interrupted by oxygen, sulfur, carbox­ amido, sulfonamido, aminocarbonyl, aminosulfonyl, carbonyl­ oxy, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl; R f is perfluoroalkyl of 2 to 16 carbons or perfluoroalkoxyalkyl of 4 to 16 carbon atoms; and R₁-R₄ are each independently hydro­ gen, hydroxy or halogen, or are alkyl of up to 10 carbon atoms, lower alkanoyloxy, lower alkoxy, or lower alkanoyl­ amino, each of which are unsubstituted or substituted by C₆-C₁₀-aryl, C₄-C₇-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-azacycloalkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, halogen, cyano, or by poly lower alkylene­ oxy, or two or more of adjacent R₁-R₄ together form fused carbon or heterocyclic rings having 5 - 8 ring atoms each: or with mixtures thereof. Preferably, R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ are hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy being unsubstituted or substituted as above, preferably unsubstituted. Preferably at least one of R₁ to R₄ is hydrogen. Most preferably R₁-R₄ are hydrogen. R is preferably alkylene of 2 to 12, especially of 2 to 10 and in particular 6 to 10 carbon atoms. R may be unsubstituted or pre­ ferably substituted by hydroxy and is preferably interrupted independently by one or two oxygen atoms, a sulfur atom, a carb­ oxamido group or a sulfonamido group. Preferably, R is C₂-C₁₆ alkylene interrupted independently by one or two oxygen atoms or sulfur and is substituted by hydroxy. Most preferably, R is alkylene of 6 to 10 carbon atoms substituted by hydroxy and is interrupted independently by oxygen or sulfur. The substituent on R is pre­ ferably hydroxy. In a preferred embodiment R is a C₂-C₁₆ alkylene interrupted by 1 or 2 oxygen atoms, or a group selected from sulfur, carboxamide and sulfonamide and is substituted by hydroxy. R f is preferably perfluoroalkyl of 4 to 16 carbon atoms, most preferably of 6 to 12 carbon atoms. R f may also represent a mixture of said perfluoroalkyl. As used throughout this specification, "lower" designates up to 7, preferably up to 4, carbon atoms. By poly lower alkyleneoxy is meant preferably poly C₂-C₃alkyleneoxy, terminated by hydroxy or C₂-C₃alkylene and having from 3 to about 40, preferably 3 to 20 alkylenoxy units. Aryl is preferably phenyl or naphthyl. Cycloalkyl is preferably cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl. Azacycloalkyl is preferably pyrrolidinyl such as the 2- or 3-pyrro­ lidinyl, or piperidinyl, such as the 2-, 3-, or 4-piperidinyl wherein the nitrogen thereof is unsubstituted or substituted by lower alkyl, especially methyl or ethyl. Where two of adjacent R₁, R₂, R₃ or R₄ together form fused rings having 5 to 8 ring atoms, the ring atoms preferably consist of carbon and/or nitrogen. Suitable fused rings, taken together with the respective carbon atoms to which R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ are attached include, for example, the fused benzene, quinoline, benzopyrazine, thiadiazole, thiazole, naphthalene, or bicyclopentadiene. Also, three adjacent moieties of R₁, R₂, R₃ or R₄ can, together with the benzene ring to which they are attached, form a fused ring system, such as acenaphthylene. Highly preferred are those compounds wherein R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ independently represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, or lower alkoxy and, most preferred are those compounds wherein R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ are hydrogen. A further embodiment of this invention are compounds of formulae Ia or IIa wherein R is alkylene of up to 16 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, lower alkoxy or halo and which may be interrupted independently by one or two oxygen, sulfur, carbox­ amido, sulfonamido, aminocarbonyl, aminosulfonyl, carbonyloxy, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; R f is perfluoroalkyl of 2 to 16 carbon atoms or perfluoroalkoxyalkyl of 4 to 16 carbon atoms; and R₁-R₄ are each independently hydrogen, hydroxy or halogen, or are alkyl of up to 10 carbon atoms, lower alkanoyloxy, lower alkoxy, or lower alkanoylamino, each of which are unsubstituted or substituted by C₆-C₁₀-aryl, C₄-C₇-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-azacyclo­ alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, halogen, cyano, or by poly lower alkyleneoxy, or two or more of adjacent R₁-R₄ together form fused carbon or heterocyclic rings having 5 - 8 ring atoms each; or mixtures thereof. The preferred embodiments mentioned above read also on these compounds. Compounds of formulae I, Ia, II or IIa can be obtained by reacting triazoles of the formula with epoxides of the formula The reaction is optionally carried out in the presence of a suitable diluent or solvent such as benzene, methylene chloride, chloroform, acetone, diethyl ether, toluene and the like. R f , R, R₁, R₂, R₃, and R₄ are as previously defined. If desired, the reaction can be optionally conducted in the presence of a Lewis acid, such as AlCl₃ or BF₃, at a temperature between preferably about 0°C to about 120°C. Typical known epoxides which are included within the context of this invention are: Typcial known triazoles included within the context of the invention include: Alternatively, the compounds of the instant invention may be prepared by reacting a triazole of formula III with a compound of the formula Rf-R-X IV, where X is a leaving group, and Rf and R are as defined as above. Suitable leaving groups, X, include for example halo, especially chloro, bromo and iodo. The reaction may be generally conducted at a temperature between about 0°C and 120°C, with removal of the by-product HX, for example by passing an inert gas through the reaction mixture, such as air or nitrogen, or by conducting the reaction in the presence of a base, such as an alkali, or alkaline earth metal, -hydroxide, -carbonate or -bicarbonate, or in the presence of ammonia, ammonium hydroxide or an amine, such as triethyl amine. Suitable compounds of the formula IV include for example C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂I, C₈F₁₇CH₂CH₂I, C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂Br, C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂Cl, C₈F₁₇CH₂CH₂Br, C₈F₁₇CH₂CH₂OCH₂CH₂Br, C₈F₁₇CH₂CH₂SO₂NHCH₂CH₂Br, C₈C₁₇CH₂CH₂CONHCH₂CH₂Br, C₈F₁₇CH₂CH₂SO₂CH₂CH₂Br, C₉F₁₉SO₂Cl, C₈F₁₇SO₂Br, C₇F₁₅SO₂F, C₇F₁₅COCl, C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂SO₂Cl, C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂COCl. The compounds of the invention are particularly useful as oil soluble corrosion inhibitors for metals against corrosion from corrosive acids, brines, oxidation and the like. They are suitably employed in compositions having an oil component which will come into contact with at least one of the metals below. Preferably, the oil is selected from lubricating oils, hydrocarbon diluents, such as toluene, xylene, fuel oil, acetone and the like. The preferred concentration of the compounds of formulae I and/or II in the composition is about 0.01 % to about 5 %, preferably about 0.01 to about 0.1 % by weight. A further embodiment of this invention is a composition containing an oil component and an effective corrosion inhibiting amount of a compound of formulae I and/or II. Metals for which corrosion is inhibited by the invention include for example iron, steel, copper, brass and preferably are steel or iron. Their effectiveness of the compounds of formulae I and II as corrosion inhibitors is determined by the following procedure: Corrosion test coupons [SAE 1010, mild steel, cold-rolled, polished (#280 grit)] are immersed at room temperature in a 0.4 % (w/w) toluene solution of the inhibitor sample for 30 minutes. The coupons are then taken out of the solution slowly and dried in ambient air for 30 minutes before weighing. Each weighed coupon is completely immersed in the test solution (5 % HCl solution, 110 ml total volume) contained in a glass jar and held at room temperature for 4 hours. The weight loss after the 4 hour period is measured. Triplicate runs are made for each inhibitor sample. For a clearer understanding of the invention, the following specific examples are given. Unless otherwise specified all parts are by weight. Example 1: A mixture of 3,01 g benzotriazole (0,0252 mole) and 52,04 g toluene is heated at 80°C until a clear liquid is obtained. Then 10,0 g are added and the reaction mixture is heated at 80°C for 3 hours. Then 0,04 g boron trifluoride etherate are added and the reaction mixture is heated at 80°C for another 26 hours. Removal of the toluene affords a product containing a mixture of two isomers with the following structures I and II, as determined by ¹H-NMR: Analysis: Calculated (percent) : C 37,3; H 2,6; N 8,2; F 43,5 Found (percent) : C 37,3; H 2,6; N 8,3; F 42,8. Example 2: A mixture of 4,37 tolutriazole (0,0326 mole) and 77,48 g toluene is heated at 80°C until a clear liquid is obtained. Then 15,0 g are added and the reaction mixture is heated at 80°C for 3 hours. Then 0,04 g boron trifluoride etherate are added and the reaction mixture is heated at 80°C for another 26 hours. Removal of the toluene affords a product containing a mixture of isomers with the following structures as determined by ¹H-NMR: Analysis: Calculated (percent) : C 39,8; H 3,5; N 7,1; F 38,6. Found (percent) : C 41,2; H 3,6; N 7,5; F 37,3. Example 3: A mixture of 1,57 g benzotriazole (0,0132 mole) and 24,28 g toluene is heated at 80°C until a clear liquid is obtained. Then 4,5 g of are added and the reaction mixture is heated at 80°C for 2 hours. Then 0.04 g boron trifluoride etherate are added and the reaction mixture is heated at 80°C for another 25 hours. A solid precipi­ tates. It is collected by filtration and washed with hexane. A pale beige product is obtained with the following structure as determined by ¹H-NMR: Analysis: Calculated (percent) : C 36,9; H 2,0; N 9,1; F 48,7. Found (percent) : C 36,7; H 2,0; N 8,9; F 49,1. Example 4: Compounds from the previous examples are screened as corrosion inhibitors by the method previously described. Example 5: A mixture of 0,66 g benzotriazole (0,0054 mole) and 13,40 g chloroform is heated at 60°C until a clear liquid is obtained. The 2,69 g of are added and the reaction mixture is heated at 60°C for 2 hours 40 minutes. Removal of the chloroform affords a product with the following structures, as determined by ¹H-NMR: Example 6: A mixture of 2,10 g benzotriazole (0,0176 mole), 2,44 g potassium carbonate (0,0176 mole), and 21,60 g acetone is heated under reflux. A solution of 9,22 g RfCH₂CH₂I (Rf = mixture of C₂-C₈perfluoroalkyl) (0,0160 mole) and 33,40 g acetone is added, and the reaction mixture is heated under reflux for 20 hours. A clear liquid is obtained upon filtration. Removal of the acetone affords a solid, which is then added to 0,40 g hexafluoroxylene. The mixture is heated on a steam bath for 30 minutes, filtered to remove insolubles, and then placed under high vacuum (0.065 mbar). The product is a pale brown waxy solid with the following structures as determined by ¹H-NMR: Example 7: Compounds from the previous examples are screened as corrosion inhibitors according to the method previously described. Example 8: A mixture of 1,58 benzotriazole (0,0131 mole) and 7,0 g and 34,24 g toluene, is heated to reflux (110 - 111°C) for 10 hours. Then 0,02 g boron trifluoride etherate are added and the reaction mixture is heated under reflux for 45 minutes. Removal of the toluene affords a product containing a mixture of two isomers with the following structures as determined by ¹H-NMR: Analysis: Calculated (percent) : C 37,0; H 2,8; N 6,7; F 45,3. Found (percent) : C 37,3; H 2,8; N 6,7; F 43,6. Example 9: The compound from example 8 is screened as corrosion inhibitor according to the method previously described. Example 10: A mixture of 2,09 g benzotriazole (0,0175 mole) and 22,12 g toluene is heated at 80°C until a clear liquid is obtained. Then 1,94 g triethylamine (0,0191 mole) are added followed by the addition of a clear solution of 8,81 g perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride (0,0173 mole) in 32,0 g hexafluoroxylene. The reaction mixture is heated at 80°C for 112 hours. Removal of the solvents affords a product with the following structure, as determined by ¹H-NMR: Example 11: 5 g toluene diisocyanate (0,0287 mole), 0,05 g triethyl amine (0,0005 mole), and 63,72 g toluene are mixed under nitrogen at room temperature. Over a period of 10 minutes, 10,93 g C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂SH are added and the reaction temperature approaches a maximum of 29°C. The reaction mixture is then stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. A clear 80°C solution of 3,42 g benzotriazole (0,0287 mole) in 13,68 g toluene is then added over a period of 13 minutes and the reaction temperature reaches a maximum 28°C. The reaction mixture is stirred at room temperature for 45 minutes, at which time the reaction is complete as determined by infrared spectroscopy (absence of N=C=O band at 22-70 Cm⁻¹). Removal of the solvent affords a white powder product with the following structure as determined by ¹³C NMR. Example 12: Compounds from the previous examples 10 and 11 are screened as corrosion inhibitors according to the method previously described.

Claims: 1. A method of inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface comprising treating said surface with an effective amount of a compound of the formula wherein R is a) an alkylene of up to 16 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, lower alkoxy, or halo, and which may be interrupted by oxygen, sulfur, carboxamideo, sulfon­ amido, aminosulfonyl, aminocarbonyl, carbonyloxy, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl; or b) R is sulfonyl- or carbonylaminoalkylene or -aralkylene of up to 16 carbon atoms, which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, lower alkoxy, or halo, and said alkylene is uninterrupted or interrupted by oxygen, sulfur, carbox­ amido, sulfonamido, aminocarbonyl, aminosulfonyl, carbonyl­ oxy, sulfinyl, or sulfonyl; Rf is a C₂-C₁₆ perfluoroalkyl or a C₄-C₁₆ perfluoroalkoxyalkyl; R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ are each independently a) hydrogen, halogen or hydroxy or b) alkyl of up to 10 carbon atoms, lower alkoxy, lower alkanoyloxy or lower alkanoylamino each of which are independently unsubstituted or further substituted by C₆-C₁₀-aryl, C₄-C₇-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-azacycloalkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, halogen, cyano, or poly-lower alkyleneoxy or 2 or more of R₁-R₄ may together form one or more fused rings of 5 - 8 members each, or with mixtures thereof. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein R is a C₁-C₁₂ alkylene which is said unsubstituted or substituted. 3. The method of claim 2 wherein R is a C₂-C₁₀ alkylene which is said unsubstituted or substituted. 4. The method of claim 3 wherein R is a C₆-C₁₀ alkylene which is said unsubstituted or substituted. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said R is a C₂-C₁₆ alkylene interrupted by 1 or 2 oxygen atoms, or a group selected from sulfur, carboxamide and sulfonamide and is substituted by hydroxy. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein said R is C₂-C₁₆ alkylene inter­ rupted independently by one or two oxygen atoms or sulfur and is substituted by hydroxy. 7. The method of claim 1 wherein said substituent on said R is hydroxy. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein Rf is C₄-C₁₆ perfluoroalkyl. 9. The method of claim 1 wherein Rf is C₆-C₁₂ perfluoroalkyl. 10. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of R₁-R₄ is hydrogen. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein R₁-R₄ are each hydrogen. 12. A compound of the formulae wherein R is an alkylene or alkenylene having up to 16 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, lower alkoxy, or halo, and said alkylene is uninterrupted or interrupted by from oxygen, sulfur, carboxamido, sulfonamido, aminocarbonyl, amino­ sulfonyl, carbonyloxy, sulfinyl and sulfonyl; Rf is a C₂-C₁₆ perfluoroalkyl or a C₄-C₁₆ perfluoroalkoxyalkyl; R₁, R₂, R₃ and R₄ are each independently a) hydrogen, halogen or hydroxy or b) alkyl of up to 10 carbon atoms, lower alkoxy, lower alkanoyloxy or lower alkanoylamino each of which are independently unsubstituted or further sub­ stituted by C₆-C₁₀-aryl, C₄-C₇-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-azacycloalkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, halogen, cyano, or poly-lower alkyleneoxy or 2 or more of adjacent R₁-R₄ may together form one or more fused carbon or heterocyclic rings of 5 - 8 members each; or mixtures thereof. 13. A composition comprising an oil component and an effective corrosion inhibiting amount of a compound of formulae I and/or II.

Inventors: CLARK, KIRTLAND P., KARYDAS, ATHANASIOS
Applicants: CIBA-GEIGY AG
Application year: 1987
Main classification: C07D249
IPC codes: C10M133, C10L1, C07D249, C23F11, C10M135