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cyanide

any chemical compound with cyanide anion
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Summary

cyanide is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. cyanide ranks in the top 0.49% of structural class of chemical entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,065 views/month, #5 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: nitrogen compound[3], carbon compound[4], salt[5]
  • Commons category: Cyanides[6]
  • Has part(s): cyanide anion[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cyanides[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
  • Topic has template: Template:Cyanides[10]
  • Different from: nitrile[11], cyanide anion[12], cyano group[13], cyanyl[14]
  • Smells of: bitter almond fragrance[15]

Why It Matters

cyanide has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] cyanide is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0427203-kyanidy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0427203-kyanidy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Smells of → bitter almond fragrance
    Topic's main category → Category:Cyanides
    Has parts → —
    Topic has template → Template:Cyanides
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538319905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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