nigerone
English
Etymology
Translingual niger + -one
Noun
nigerone (countable and uncountable, plural nigerones)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of naphthopyrones obtained from Aspergillus niger.
- 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).
- 2012, Sohail Anjum Shahzad, Novel Selenium-Mediated Rearrangements and Cyclisations (page 62)
Derived terms
- demethylnigerone
- isonigerone