N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzamide derivatives as potential memory enhancers: synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular simulation studies

The present paper describes the synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular simulation studies of a series of N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzamide derivatives with N,N-dialkylaminoethoxy/propoxy moiety as potential memory enhancers with acetylcholinesterase-inhibiting activity having IC50 in low micromolar range (4.0–16.5 μM). All the compounds showed a good degree of agreement between in vivo and in vitro results as most of these...