caprylic acid

chemical compound
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caprylic acid

Summary

caprylic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • caprylic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • caprylic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Caprylsäure Skelett.svg[4].
  • caprylic acid's GND ID is recorded as 4300566-4[5].
  • caprylic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 124-07-2[6].
  • caprylic acid's EC number is recorded as 204-677-5[7].
  • caprylic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as CCCCCCCC(=O)O[8].
  • caprylic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8(9)10/h2-7H2,1H3,(H,9,10)[9].
  • caprylic acid's InChIKey is recorded as WWZKQHOCKIZLMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N[10].
  • caprylic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₈H₁₆O₂[11].
  • caprylic acid's subclass of is recorded as medium-chain fatty acid[12].
  • caprylic acid's subclass of is recorded as straight chain fatty acids[13].
  • caprylic acid's part of is recorded as octanoic acid binding[14].
  • caprylic acid's Commons category is recorded as Caprylic acid[15].
  • caprylic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[16].
  • caprylic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[17].
  • caprylic acid's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL324846[18].
  • caprylic acid's Guide to Pharmacology Ligand ID is recorded as 4585[19].
  • caprylic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 2BUI[20].
  • caprylic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 2EUM[21].
  • caprylic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 5F2K[22].
  • caprylic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 3L91[23].
  • caprylic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 5KP2[24].
  • caprylic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 1H2B[25].
  • caprylic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 5EFI[26].
  • caprylic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 4RW5[27].

Why It Matters

caprylic acid ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 30 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 . 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] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . 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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