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sirenin

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

Examples

  • 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.

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History

Etymology

From siren + -in.