benzil

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q818497
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benzil

Summary

benzil is a type of chemical entity[1]. benzil ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • benzil is credited with the discovery of Auguste Laurent[3].
  • benzil's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • benzil's chemical structure is recorded as Benzil2.svg[5].
  • benzil's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 134-81-6[6].
  • benzil's EC number is recorded as 205-157-0[7].
  • benzil's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)C(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2[8].
  • benzil's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C14H10O2/c15-13(11-7-3-1-4-8-11)14(16)12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10H[9].
  • benzil's InChIKey is recorded as WURBFLDFSFBTLW-UHFFFAOYSA-N[10].
  • benzil's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₄H₁₀O₂[11].
  • benzil's subclass of is recorded as phenyl compound[12].
  • benzil's subclass of is recorded as polycyclic compound[13].
  • benzil's subclass of is recorded as α-diketone[14].
  • benzil's subclass of is recorded as aromatic ketone[15].
  • benzil's part of is recorded as benzil reductase [(S)-benzoin-forming] activity[16].
  • benzil's Commons category is recorded as Benzil[17].
  • benzil's has part is recorded as carbon[18].
  • benzil's has part is recorded as oxygen[19].
  • benzil's has part is recorded as hydrogen[20].
  • benzil's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL189886[21].
  • benzil's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08cpp3[22].
  • benzil's UNII is recorded as S85X61172J[23].
  • benzil's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 8329[24].
  • benzil's PubChem CID is recorded as 8651[25].
  • benzil's KEGG ID is recorded as C20226[26].
  • benzil's ZVG number is recorded as 37790[27].

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Works and Contributions

benzil is credited with the discovery of Auguste Laurent[3].

Why It Matters

benzil ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2] benzil has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] benzil is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Q24345039. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ChEBI. 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  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] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ChEBI. 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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