2(5H)-furanone

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q4596886
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2(5H)-furanone

Summary

2(5H)-furanone is a type of chemical entity[1]. 2(5H)-furanone ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2(5H)-furanone's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's chemical structure is recorded as Furan-2-one.svg[4].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 497-23-4[5].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's EC number is recorded as 207-839-3[6].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1C=CC(=O)O1[7].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C4H4O2/c5-4-2-1-3-6-4/h1-2H,3H2[8].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's InChIKey is recorded as VIHAEDVKXSOUAT-UHFFFAOYSA-N[9].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's chemical formula is recorded as C₄H₄O₂[10].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's subclass of is recorded as butenolide[11].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's Commons category is recorded as 2-Furanone[12].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as C004511[13].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's has part is recorded as carbon[14].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's has part is recorded as oxygen[15].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's has part is recorded as hydrogen[16].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL166223[17].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g4t2g[18].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's UNII is recorded as 8KXK25H388[19].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's RTECS number is recorded as LU3453000[20].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 9917[21].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's PubChem CID is recorded as 10341[22].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's KEGG ID is recorded as C17601[23].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's ChEBI ID is recorded as 38118[24].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's found in taxon is recorded as Fusarium culmorum[25].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's found in taxon is recorded as Fusarium roseum[26].
  • 2(5H)-furanone's found in taxon is recorded as Favolaschia tonkinensis[27].

Why It Matters

2(5H)-furanone ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2] 2(5H)-furanone has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] 2(5H)-furanone is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ChEBI. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Isolation and characterization of culmorin derivatives produced by Fusariumculmorum CMI 14764. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Minor metabolites of Fusarium roseum (ATCC 28114). wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Bioactive Metabolites from Cultures of Basidiomycete Favolaschia tonkinensis. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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