alkane

acyclic saturated hydrocarbon
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q41581
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alkane

Summary

alkane is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. alkane ranks in the top 4% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,308 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • alkane's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • alkane's instance of is recorded as homologous series[4].
  • alkane is a type of saturated compound[5].
  • alkane is a type of acyclic compound[6].
  • alkane is a type of aliphatic hydrocarbon[7].
  • alkane is part of cellular alkane metabolic process[8].
  • alkane is part of alkane biosynthetic process[9].
  • alkane is part of response to alkane[10].
  • alkane is part of cellular response to alkane[11].
  • alkane is part of alkane transmembrane transporter activity[12].
  • alkane is part of alkane transport[13].
  • alkane is part of alkylmercury lyase activity[14].
  • alkane is part of alkane catabolic process[15].
  • alkane's Commons category is recorded as Alkanes[16].
  • alkane's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alkanes[17].
  • alkane's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[18].
  • alkane's topic has template is recorded as Template:Alkanes[19].
  • alkane's different from is recorded as alkene[20].
  • alkane's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • alkane's CXSMILES is recorded as [H]C([H])([H])[H] |Sg:n:1,2,3:n:ht|[22].

Why It Matters

alkane ranks in the top 4% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,308 views/month).[2] alkane has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] alkane is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of cellular alkane metabolic process, alkane biosynthetic process, response to alkane +5
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563165105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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