Abstract:
During the past few years, much attention is drawn by corrosion inhibitors. Schiff bases are
promising corrosion inhibitors of mild steel, copper and zinc in acidic media. Apart from corrosion
inhibitors, these can be used as drugs, catalysis of reactions, in dyes and pigments and in sensors.
They have also been used as anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal agents. Six different Schiff
bases were synthesized by condensation of 4-Nitro-o-phenylenediamine with different aldehydes
and then characterized by different spectroscopic techniques. These Schiff bases were then tested
for their corrosion inhibition properties along with biological potential including anti-fungal and
anti-bacterial.
