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butyrolactone

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butyrolactone

Summary

butyrolactone is a type of chemical entity[1]. butyrolactone has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • butyrolactone's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • butyrolactone's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1CC(=O)OC1[4].
  • butyrolactone's chemical formula is recorded as C₄H₆O₂[5].
  • butyrolactone is a type of lactone[6].
  • butyrolactone is used for solvent[7].
  • butyrolactone is used for psychoactive drug[8].
  • butyrolactone is used for industrial fungicides[9].
  • butyrolactone's Commons category is recorded as Gamma-Butyrolactone[10].
  • butyrolactone comprises carbon[11].
  • butyrolactone comprises oxygen[12].
  • butyrolactone comprises hydrogen[13].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Coffea arabica[14].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Streptomyces[15].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Aesculus hippocastanum[16].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Aethus indicus[17].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Capsicum annuum[18].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as watermelon[19].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as liquorice[20].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Gossypium hirsutum[21].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Mangifera indica[22].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Streptomyces ghanaensis[23].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Streptomyces albidoflavus[24].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Streptomyces coelicolor[25].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Streptomyces hygroscopicus[26].
  • butyrolactone's found in taxon is recorded as Streptomyces avermitilis[27].

Why It Matters

butyrolactone has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] butyrolactone is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Drug Enforcement Administration. deadiversion.usdoj.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com. scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . New volatile components of roasted coffee. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Chemical constitutes from endophytic Streptomyces sp. W5 isolated from Trewia nudiflora L.. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Volatiles of Common Horsechestnut (Aesculus hippocastanumL.) (Hippocastanaceae) Blossoms. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . γ-butyrolactone from the black stink bug: aethus indicus westwood (hemiptera: pentatomidae). wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Volatile Compounds in Spanish Paprika. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Volatile flavor components of watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris).. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Volatile flavor components of licorice. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Survey of the volatile constituents of cotton lint and waste with regard to byssinosis. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Importance of some lactones and 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone to mango (Mangifera indica L.) aroma. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Analysis of Streptomyces ghanaensis ATCC14672 gene SSFG_07725 for putative γ-butyrolactone synthase. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Orthogonal Regulatory Circuits for Escherichia coli Based on the γ-Butyrolactone System of Streptomyces coelicolor.. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Orthogonal Regulatory Circuits for Escherichia coli Based on the γ-Butyrolactone System of Streptomyces coelicolor.. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Exogenous 1,4-butyrolactone stimulates A-factor-like cascade and validamycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces hygroscopicus 5008.. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Relationship between volatile odorous substances and production of avermectins by Streptomyces avermitilis. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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