ethylene

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q151313
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ethylene

Summary

ethylene is a type of chemical entity[1]. ethylene ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,622 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ethylene's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • ethylene's canonical SMILES is recorded as C=C[4].
  • ethylene's chemical formula is recorded as C₂H₄[5].
  • ethylene is a type of biogenic aliphatic hydrocarbon[6].
  • ethylene is a type of alkene[7].
  • ethylene is part of ethylene gasoreceptor activity[8].
  • ethylene is part of ethylene binding[9].
  • ethylene is part of ethylene metabolic process[10].
  • ethylene is part of ethylene biosynthetic process[11].
  • ethylene is part of response to ethylene[12].
  • ethylene is part of cellular response to ethylene stimulus[13].
  • ethylene is part of ethylene catabolic process[14].
  • ethylene is part of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase activity[15].
  • ethylene is part of 2-oxoglutarate oxygenase/decarboxylase (ethylene-forming) activity[16].
  • ethylene's Commons category is recorded as Ethylene[17].
  • ethylene's found in taxon is recorded as Arabidopsis thaliana[18].
  • ethylene's found in taxon is recorded as Actinidia chinensis[19].
  • ethylene's found in taxon is recorded as Annona cherimola[20].
  • ethylene's found in taxon is recorded as Brassica rapa[21].
  • ethylene's found in taxon is recorded as Dianthus caryophyllus[22].
  • ethylene's found in taxon is recorded as Eschscholzia californica[23].
  • ethylene's found in taxon is recorded as Malus pumila[24].
  • ethylene's found in taxon is recorded as Marsilea quadrifolia[25].
  • ethylene's found in taxon is recorded as Nicotiana tabacum[26].
  • ethylene's found in taxon is recorded as Regnellidium diphyllum[27].

Why It Matters

ethylene ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,622 views/month).[2] ethylene has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] ethylene is known by 39 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ethylene. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ethylene
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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. 9d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 12710
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 12710, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P679]]"
  2. 12d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 12710
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 012710, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1KspVy, 4Nh9xS, 1QV6Jz
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Monomer of → polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate, high-density polyethylene +7
    Density → {'amount': '+0.001178'}
    Mass → {'amount': '+28.031'}
    Safety classification and labelling → NFPA 704: Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20514, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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