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According to this perspective, in this study, a new series of potential BChE inhibitors (\n                    <jats:bold>1a\u20138a<\/jats:bold>\n                    and\n                    <jats:bold>1b\u20138b<\/jats:bold>\n                    ) were designed using a structure\u2010based design approach and synthesized as enantiomer pairs based on the benzyl thiourea attached to a chiral moiety. The in vitro anticholinesterase activity studies against acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and BChE consistently demonstrated that the majority of the designed compounds exhibited selective and potent BChE inhibition. Also, the present results of the study reveal that compound\n                    <jats:bold>6b<\/jats:bold>\n                    , which has a methyl group at the\n                    <jats:italic>para<\/jats:italic>\n                    position of the phenyl ring and has an\n                    <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                    configuration, was the most potent compound against BChE with an IC\n                    <jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\n                    value of 1.46\u2009\u00b1\u20091.99\u2009\u03bcM (\n                    <jats:italic>SI<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20098.47). In contrast, the chiral thioureas (\n                    <jats:bold>8a<\/jats:bold>\n                    and\n                    <jats:bold>8b<\/jats:bold>\n                    ) bearing a cyclohexyl group demonstrated higher selectivity toward AChE, with SI values of 2.10 and 2.32, respectively. 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