“…The starting materials [ N ‐(6‐hydroxyhexyl)‐3,4‐dimethoxybenzamide ( 1 ), N ‐(6‐hydroxyhexyl)‐3,4,5‐trimethoxybenzamide ( 2 ), N ‐(8‐hydroxyoctyl)‐3,4‐dimethoxybenzamide ( 3 ), N ‐(8‐hydroxyoctyl)‐3,4,5‐trimethoxybenzamide ( 4 ), N ‐(10‐hydroxydecyl)‐3,4‐dimethoxybenzamide ( 5 ), N ‐(10‐hydroxydecyl)‐3,4,5‐trimethoxybenzamide ( 6 )] and their bromo derivatives N ‐(6‐bromohexyl)‐3,4‐dimethoxybenzamide ( 7 ), N ‐(6‐bromohexyl)‐3,4,5‐trimethoxybenzamide ( 8) , N ‐(8‐bromooctyl)‐3,4‐dimethoxybenzamide ( 9 ), N ‐(8‐bromoyoctyl)‐3,4,5‐trimethoxybenzamide ( 10 ), N ‐(10‐bromodecyl)‐3,4‐dimethoxybenzamide ( 11 ), N ‐(10‐bromodecyl)‐3,4,5‐trimethoxybenzamide were synthesized according to a procedure described in the literature …”