aniline

chemical compound
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aniline

Summary

aniline is a type of chemical entity[1]. aniline ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (596 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • aniline is credited with the discovery of Otto Unverdorben[3].
  • aniline is credited with the discovery of Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge[4].
  • aniline is credited with the discovery of Karl Julius Fritzsche[5].
  • aniline is credited with the discovery of Nikolay Zinin[6].
  • aniline's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[7].
  • aniline's chemical structure is recorded as Structural formula of aniline.svg[8].
  • aniline's GND ID is recorded as 4142482-7[9].
  • aniline's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 62-53-3[10].
  • aniline's EC number is recorded as 200-539-3[11].
  • aniline's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=CC=C(C=C1)N[12].
  • aniline's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C6H7N/c7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H,7H2[13].
  • aniline's InChIKey is recorded as PAYRUJLWNCNPSJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N[14].
  • aniline's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85005157[15].
  • aniline's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12359525w[16].
  • aniline's chemical formula is recorded as C₆H₇N[17].
  • aniline's subclass of is recorded as aniline[18].
  • aniline's part of is recorded as aryl-acylamidase activity[19].
  • aniline's part of is recorded as azobenzene reductase activity[20].
  • aniline's part of is recorded as aminobenzoate decarboxylase activity[21].
  • aniline's part of is recorded as N-glutamylanilide hydrolase activity[22].
  • aniline's Commons category is recorded as Aniline[23].
  • aniline's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as C023650[24].
  • aniline's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 30854[25].
  • aniline's has part is recorded as nitrogen[26].
  • aniline's has part is recorded as carbon[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Otto Unverdorben[3], a chemist[28], 1806–1873[29], of Kingdom of Prussia[30]; Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge[4], a chemist[31], 1794–1867[32], of Kingdom of Prussia[33]; Karl Julius Fritzsche[5], a chemist[34], 1808–1871[35], of Kingdom of Saxony[36], specialised in pharmaceutics[37]; and Nikolay Zinin[6], an organic chemist[38], 1812–1880[39], of Russian Empire[40], specialised in organic chemistry[41]. Things named for aniline include BASF[42], a business[43], in Germany[44], founded in 1865[45], headquartered in Ludwigshafen[46].

Why It Matters

aniline ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (596 views/month).[2] aniline has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] aniline is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for aniline include BASF[42], a business[43], in Germany[44], founded in 1865[45], headquartered in Ludwigshafen[46].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Q24333068. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Q24333068. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Q24333068. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Q24333068. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  17. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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