“…More so, studies that attempt to explore the complex aggregative interactions of macrocylic compounds in aqueous acidic environments in combination with synergistic interactions with KI and the resulting effects on corrosion inhibition potentials are very scanty. This has motivated us to carry out the present study to investigate the inhibition potentials of seven macrocyclic compounds comprising four phthalocyanines and three naphthalocyanines namely, 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octabutoxy-29H,31H-phthalocyanine (Pc1), 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octabutoxy (octyloxy)-29H,31H-phthalocyanine (Pc2), 2,9,16,23-tetra-tert-butyl-29H,31H-phthalocyanine (Pc3), 29H,31H-phthalocyanine (Pc4), 5,9,14,18,23,27,32,36-octabutoxy-2,3-naphthalocyanine (nPc1), 2,11,20,29-tetra-tert-butyl-2,3-naphthalocyanine (nPc2) and 2,3-naphthalocyanine (nPc3) as well as their synergistic interactions with I − ions on the corrosion of aluminium in aqueous hydrochloric acid. The adsorption behaviour and corrosion inhibition potentials of these compounds in the absence and presence of I − ions were investigated using a gravimetric method, electrochemical techniques and quantum chemical calculations.…”