Ming-Cheng Lin et al.
Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology, 25(5), 330-339 (2011-06-02)
Enantiomers of cis,cis-decahydro-2-naphthyl-N-n-butylcarbamate show stereo-specific inhibition for acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. For both inhibition reaction, (2S,4aR,8aS)-cis,cis-decahydro-2-naphthyl-N-n- butylcarbamate is more potent than (2R,4aS,8aR)-cis,cis-decahydro-2-naphthyl-N-n-butylcarbamate. Optically pure (2S,4aR,8aS)-(-)- and (2R,4aS,8aR)-(+)-cis,cis-decahydro-2-naphthols are resolved by the porcine pancreatic lipase-catalyzed acetylation of decahydro-2-naphthols with vinyl acetate. Absolute