The optimization of zinc dialkyldithiocarbamates synthesis and determination of their antioxidant activity

Abstract

A two-step optimized laboratory synthetic method of zinc dialkyldithiocarbamates is presented. In the course of the first phase, a sodium salt of dialkyldithiocarbamic acid has been synthesized from the dialkylamines, carbon disulfide and sodium hydroxide. The synthesis of zinc dialkyldithiocarbamates was achieved by the precipitation from sodium dialkyldithiocarbamic acid by zinc sulfate under the optimized conditions. The synthesized products have been characterized by FTIR, 1H and 13C NMR, AAS spectroscopic methods, as well as by elemental analysis and melting points. Kinetic studies of the motor oil oxidation inhibited by synthesized compounds have been tested using a standard method.