ethane

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q52858
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ethane

Summary

ethane is a type of chemical entity[1]. ethane ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (408 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ethane's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • ethane's chemical structure is recorded as Ethane-staggered-CRC-MW-dimensions-2D.svg[4].
  • ethane's GND ID is recorded as 4140260-1[5].
  • ethane's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 74-84-0[6].
  • ethane's EC number is recorded as 200-814-8[7].
  • ethane's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC[8].
  • ethane's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C2H6/c1-2/h1-2H3[9].
  • ethane's InChIKey is recorded as OTMSDBZUPAUEDD-UHFFFAOYSA-N[10].
  • ethane's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85045073[11].
  • ethane's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12377868x[12].
  • ethane's chemical formula is recorded as C₂H₆[13].
  • ethane's subclass of is recorded as biogenic aliphatic hydrocarbon[14].
  • ethane's subclass of is recorded as alkane[15].
  • ethane's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00575958[16].
  • ethane's Commons category is recorded as Ethane[17].
  • ethane's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D004980[18].
  • ethane's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 32920[19].
  • ethane's has part is recorded as carbon[20].
  • ethane's has part is recorded as hydrogen[21].
  • ethane's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL135626[22].
  • ethane's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/015p0r[23].
  • ethane's UNII is recorded as L99N5N533T[24].
  • ethane's RTECS number is recorded as KH3800000[25].
  • ethane's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 6084[26].
  • ethane's PubChem CID is recorded as 6324[27].

Why It Matters

ethane ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (408 views/month).[2] ethane has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] ethane is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q87326716. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Global Substance Registration System. 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] . Integrated Authority File. 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] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . PubChem. 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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