ethers

class of organic compounds containing oxygen connected to two organyl groups
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q103230
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ethers

Summary

ethers is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. ethers ranks in the top 1% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,721 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ethers's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • ethers is a type of organooxygen compound[4].
  • ethers is part of ether metabolic process[5].
  • ethers is part of response to ether[6].
  • ethers is part of cellular response to ether[7].
  • ethers is part of ether catabolic process[8].
  • ethers is part of ether biosynthetic process[9].
  • ethers's Commons category is recorded as Ethers[10].
  • ethers's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ethers[11].
  • ethers's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12].
  • ethers's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • ethers's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • ethers's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[15].
  • ethers's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • ethers's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[17].
  • ethers's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • ethers's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[19].
  • ethers's general formula is recorded as R–O–R′[20].
  • ethers's different from is recorded as diethyl ether[21].
  • ethers's different from is recorded as aether[22].
  • ethers's different from is recorded as Itter[23].
  • ethers's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • ethers's SMARTS notation is recorded as [#6!$([#6]=[!#6])][OX2][#6!$([#6]=[!#6])][25].

Why It Matters

ethers ranks in the top 1% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,721 views/month).[2] ethers has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] ethers is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Ethers
    Subclass of
    Canonical smiles [*]O[*]
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3840, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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