What is "cinchonidine"

Cinchonidine \Cin*chon"i*dine\, n. [From Cinchona.] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.

n. (context organic compound English) A stereoisomer and pseudoenantiomer of cinchonine, used in asymmetric synthesis.

Cinchonidine is an alkaloid found in Cinchona officinalis and Gongronema latifolium. It is used in asymmetric synthesis in organic chemistry. It is a stereoisomer and pseudo- enantiomer of cinchonine.