4-hydroxybutanal

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q19597550
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4-hydroxybutanal

Summary

4-hydroxybutanal is a type of chemical entity[1]. 4-hydroxybutanal ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 4-hydroxybutanal's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 25714-71-0[4].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's EC number is recorded as 247-205-3[5].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's canonical SMILES is recorded as C(CC=O)CO[6].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C4H8O2/c5-3-1-2-4-6/h3,6H,1-2,4H2[7].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's InChIKey is recorded as PIAOXUVIBAKVSP-UHFFFAOYSA-N[8].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's chemical formula is recorded as C₄H₈O₂[9].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's subclass of is recorded as aldehydes[10].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's subclass of is recorded as 2,3-saturated fatty aldehyde[11].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012965m_[12].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's UNII is recorded as 8T59P1Q6NO[13].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 84042[14].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's PubChem CID is recorded as 93093[15].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+88.052429'}[16].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's ECHA Substance Infocard ID is recorded as 100.042.900[17].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's SureChEMBL ID is recorded as 58606[18].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's DSSTox substance ID is recorded as DTXSID1067128[19].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's UM-BBD compound ID is recorded as c0021[20].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's DSSTOX compound identifier is recorded as DTXCID0037368[21].
  • 4-hydroxybutanal's UniChem compound ID is recorded as 1551949[22].

Why It Matters

4-hydroxybutanal ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2] 4-hydroxybutanal is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . CAS Common Chemistry. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Mapping file of InChIStrings, InChIKeys and DTXSIDs for the EPA CompTox Dashboard. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . UniChem. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Mass {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+88.052429'}
    Instance of type of chemical entity
    Subclass of aldehydes, 2,3-saturated fatty aldehyde
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