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chlordecone

banned organochlorine compound used as pesticide
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chlordecone

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • chlordecone's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • chlordecone's chemical structure is recorded as Chlordecone.png[4].
  • chlordecone's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 143-50-0[5].
  • chlordecone's EC number is recorded as 205-601-3[6].
  • chlordecone's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1(=O)C2(C3(C4(C1(C5(C2(C3(C(C45Cl)(Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl[7].
  • chlordecone's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C10Cl10O/c11-2-1(21)3(12)6(15)4(2,13)8(17)5(2,14)7(3,16)9(6,18)10(8,19)20[8].
  • chlordecone's InChIKey is recorded as LHHGDZSESBACKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N[9].
  • chlordecone's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₀Cl₁₀O[10].
  • chlordecone's subclass of is recorded as chemical compound[11].
  • chlordecone's part of is recorded as chlordecone reductase activity[12].
  • chlordecone's has use is recorded as insecticide[13].
  • chlordecone's Commons category is recorded as Chlordecon[14].
  • chlordecone's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007631[15].
  • chlordecone's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL462576[16].
  • chlordecone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01x1kp[17].
  • chlordecone's UNII is recorded as RG5XJ88UDF[18].
  • chlordecone's RTECS number is recorded as PC8575000[19].
  • chlordecone's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 293[20].
  • chlordecone's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 21117703[21].
  • chlordecone's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 21232381[22].
  • chlordecone's PubChem CID is recorded as 299[23].
  • chlordecone's KEGG ID is recorded as C01792[24].
  • chlordecone's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.455.526.439.190[25].
  • chlordecone's ZVG number is recorded as 35490[26].
  • chlordecone's ChEBI ID is recorded as 16548[27].

Why It Matters

chlordecone ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2] chlordecone has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] chlordecone 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] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ChEMBL. 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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