benzofuran

heterocyclic compound consisting of fused benzene and furan rings
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q410089
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benzofuran

Summary

benzofuran is a type of chemical entity[1]. benzofuran ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • benzofuran's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • benzofuran's chemical structure is recorded as Benzofuran.svg[4].
  • benzofuran's GND ID is recorded as 4144532-6[5].
  • benzofuran's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 271-89-6[6].
  • benzofuran's EC number is recorded as 205-982-6[7].
  • benzofuran's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C=CO2[8].
  • benzofuran's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C8H6O/c1-2-4-8-7(3-1)5-6-9-8/h1-6H[9].
  • benzofuran's InChIKey is recorded as IANQTJSKSUMEQM-UHFFFAOYSA-N[10].
  • benzofuran's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85013243[11].
  • benzofuran's chemical formula is recorded as C₈H₆O[12].
  • benzofuran's subclass of is recorded as biogenic benzofuran[13].
  • benzofuran's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00566979[14].
  • benzofuran's Commons category is recorded as Benzofuran[15].
  • benzofuran's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 71610[16].
  • benzofuran's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL363614[17].
  • benzofuran's PDB structure ID is recorded as 182L[18].
  • benzofuran's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04ygj8[19].
  • benzofuran's UNII is recorded as LK6946W774[20].
  • benzofuran's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 8868[21].
  • benzofuran's PubChem CID is recorded as 9223[22].
  • benzofuran's KEGG ID is recorded as C14512[23].
  • benzofuran's ZVG number is recorded as 30970[24].
  • benzofuran's ChEBI ID is recorded as 35260[25].
  • benzofuran's found in taxon is recorded as Vitex agnus-castus[26].
  • benzofuran's found in taxon is recorded as Curcuma aromatica[27].

Why It Matters

benzofuran ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2] benzofuran has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] benzofuran is known by 14 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 . 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] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry used to simultaneously determine essential oil and phenolic compounds in the monks' peppervitex agnus-castus L. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . One- and two-dimensional gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and high performance liquid chromatography-diode-array detector fingerprints of complex substances: a comparison of classification performance of similar, complex Rhizoma Curcumae samples. 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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