ethanol

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ethanol

Summary

ethanol is a type of chemical entity[1]. ethanol ranks in the top 0.23% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (340 views/month, #29 of 12,596).[2]

Key Facts

  • ethanol's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • ethanol's physically interacts with is recorded as 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 3A[4].
  • ethanol's physically interacts with is recorded as Potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 3[5].
  • ethanol's physically interacts with is recorded as Potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 5[6].
  • ethanol's canonical SMILES is recorded as CCO[7].
  • ethanol's chemical formula is recorded as C₂H₆O[8].
  • ethanol is a type of fatty alcohol[9].
  • ethanol is a type of alkanol[10].
  • ethanol is part of ethanol binding[11].
  • ethanol is part of ethanol metabolic process[12].
  • ethanol is part of ethanol catabolic process[13].
  • ethanol is part of ethanol biosynthetic process[14].
  • ethanol is part of acetate catabolic process to butyrate, ethanol, acetone and butanol[15].
  • ethanol is part of acetyl-CoA biosynthetic process from ethanol[16].
  • ethanol is part of glycolytic fermentation to ethanol[17].
  • ethanol is part of glucose catabolic process to D-lactate and ethanol[18].
  • ethanol is part of mixed acid fermentation[19].
  • ethanol is part of pentose catabolic process to ethanol[20].
  • ethanol is part of xylose catabolic process to ethanol[21].
  • ethanol is part of response to ethanol[22].
  • ethanol is part of cellular response to ethanol[23].
  • ethanol is part of hexose catabolic process to ethanol[24].
  • ethanol is part of urethanase activity[25].
  • ethanol is part of fatty-acyl-ethyl-ester synthase activity[26].
  • ethanol is used for polar protic solvent[27].

Why It Matters

ethanol ranks in the top 0.23% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (340 views/month, #29 of 12,596).[2] ethanol has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] ethanol is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'awa', 'az', 'azb', 'b
    J-global id → 200907001921663990, 200906063691160643
    Sitelink count → 132
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P7783]]: 200906063691160643, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262113669|Ethanol (#262113669)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7507|J-GLOBAL tech"
  2. 8d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 10420
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 10420, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P679]]"
  3. 11d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → etanolis
    Zvg number → 10420
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 010420, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  4. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Ethanol
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Ethanol, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  5. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 65j8r
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  6. 13w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Alkohol
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-PfZX-1mvk-cSvC
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10916]]: Alkohol, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213750401|Alkohol (#213750401)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeutsche Zeitung top"
  7. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004593-ethanol
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0004593-ethanol, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  8. 16w ago · Buirondd · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Specific heat capacity → {'unit': 'Q108834064', 'amount': '+2.57'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P2056]]: 2.57 kilojoule per kilogram kelvin difference"
  9. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → polar protic solvent, medication, solvent
    Density → {'unit': 'Q844211', 'amount': '+790'}
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+46.042'}
    Safety classification and labelling → NFPA 704: Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response, Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008
    + 46 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10108, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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