sirenin

English

Etymology

siren +‎ -in

Noun

sirenin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A 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.

Anagrams

• sinnier