Corrosion inhibition efficiency (IE%) prediction plays a central role in the computational discovery of high-performance organic inhibitors. Classical machine learning has shown promising results; however, its performance often deteriorates when learning non-linear interactions between quantum chemical descriptors. Meanwhile, quantum machine learning (QML) provides enhanced expressivity through quantum feature mapping but remains limited by NISQ-era hardware. In this study, we propose a Hybrid Quantum Neural Network (HQNN) integrating classical dense layers with variational quantum circuits (VQC) to predict the inhibition efficiency of organic corrosion inhibitors. Using a curated dataset of 660 molecules with DFT descriptors, the HQNN achieves an RMSE of 3.41 and R² of 0.958, outperforming classical regressors and pure VQC. The results demonstrate that hybrid quantum models offer a balanced trade-off between quantum advantage and practical feasibility in materials informatics.
