nigerone

English

Etymology

translingual niger +‎ -one

Noun

nigerone (countable and uncountable, plural nigerones)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of naphthopyrones obtained from Aspergillus niger or its close relatives.
   • 2012, Sohail Anjum Shahzad, Novel Selenium-Mediated Rearrangements and Cyclisations, page 62:

     Recently, an enantioselective synthesis of the chiral bisnaphthopyrone natural product nigerone 235 was reported by Kozlowski and co-workers (Scheme 3.13).

Derived terms

• demethylnigerone
• isonigerone