sirenin

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noun

A sexual attraction pheromone in some fungi of the genus Allomyces.

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Meanings

nounsirenin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA sexual attraction pheromone in some fungi of the genus Allomyces.

    Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich One notable early example was reported by Corey and involved an intramolecular cyclopropanation that was used in the synthesis of sirenin and has since been achieved asymmetrically using a chiral copper catalyst.

Origin

From siren + -in.

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