biphenyl

organic compound consisting of two phenyl groups
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q410915
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biphenyl

Summary

biphenyl is a type of chemical entity[1]. biphenyl ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • biphenyl's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • biphenyl's chemical structure is recorded as Bifenyl.svg[4].
  • biphenyl's GND ID is recorded as 4145662-2[5].
  • biphenyl's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 92-52-4[6].
  • biphenyl's EC number is recorded as 202-163-5[7].
  • biphenyl's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC=CC=C2[8].
  • biphenyl's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C12H10/c1-3-7-11(8-4-1)12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10H[9].
  • biphenyl's InChIKey is recorded as ZUOUZKKEUPVFJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N[10].
  • biphenyl's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85014271[11].
  • biphenyl's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12364695b[12].
  • biphenyl's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₂H₁₀[13].
  • biphenyl's subclass of is recorded as polycyclic compound[14].
  • biphenyl's subclass of is recorded as aromatic hydrocarbon[15].
  • biphenyl's subclass of is recorded as biphenyl compound[16].
  • biphenyl's part of is recorded as biphenyl metabolic process[17].
  • biphenyl's part of is recorded as biphenyl catabolic process[18].
  • biphenyl's part of is recorded as response to biphenyl[19].
  • biphenyl's part of is recorded as cellular response to biphenyl[20].
  • biphenyl's part of is recorded as biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase activity[21].
  • biphenyl's has use is recorded as food preservative[22].
  • biphenyl's has use is recorded as industrial fungicides[23].
  • biphenyl's Commons category is recorded as Biphenyl[24].
  • biphenyl's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as C010574[25].
  • biphenyl's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 32651[26].
  • biphenyl's has part is recorded as carbon[27].

Why It Matters

biphenyl ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[2] biphenyl has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] biphenyl is known by 38 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] . ChEBI. 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] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Nuovo soggettario. 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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