2-mercaptoethanol

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ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q411084
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2-mercaptoethanol

Summary

2-mercaptoethanol is a type of chemical entity[1]. 2-mercaptoethanol ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2-mercaptoethanol's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's chemical structure is recorded as 2-mercaptoethanol 200.svg[4].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's GND ID is recorded as 4479570-1[5].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 60-24-2[6].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's EC number is recorded as 200-464-6[7].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's canonical SMILES is recorded as C(CS)O[8].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C2H6OS/c3-1-2-4/h3-4H,1-2H2[9].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's InChIKey is recorded as DGVVWUTYPXICAM-UHFFFAOYSA-N[10].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's chemical formula is recorded as C₂H₆OS[11].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's subclass of is recorded as primary fatty alcohol[12].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's part of is recorded as response to mercaptoethanol[13].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's part of is recorded as cellular response to mercaptoethanol[14].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's Commons category is recorded as 2-Mercaptoethanol[15].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D008623[16].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's has part is recorded as oxygen[17].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's has part is recorded as sulfur[18].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's has part is recorded as carbon[19].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's has part is recorded as hydrogen[20].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL254951[21].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c61wz[22].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's UNII is recorded as 14R9K67URN[23].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's RTECS number is recorded as KL5600000[24].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 1512[25].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's PubChem CID is recorded as 1567[26].
  • 2-mercaptoethanol's KEGG ID is recorded as C00928[27].

Why It Matters

2-mercaptoethanol ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).[2] 2-mercaptoethanol has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] 2-mercaptoethanol is known by 46 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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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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