functional group

group of atoms in a molecule which imparts specific chemical properties
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functional group

Summary

functional group ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (398 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • functional group's GND ID is recorded as 4155684-7[2].
  • functional group's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh91003889[3].
  • functional group's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12277231r[4].
  • functional group's subclass of is recorded as molecular entity[5].
  • functional group's subclass of is recorded as moiety[6].
  • functional group's part of is recorded as molecular entity[7].
  • functional group's Commons category is recorded as Functional groups[8].
  • functional group's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 26978[9].
  • functional group's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ydd[10].
  • functional group's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Functional groups[11].
  • functional group's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 547.2[12].
  • functional group's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 541.39[13].
  • functional group's PSH ID is recorded as 5915[14].
  • functional group's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 427527[15].
  • functional group's facet of is recorded as structure-activity relationship[16].
  • functional group's facet of is recorded as molecular function[17].
  • functional group's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0233131[18].
  • functional group's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/functional-group[19].
  • functional group's topic has template is recorded as Template:Functional groups[20].
  • functional group's used by is recorded as chemical classification[21].
  • functional group's different from is recorded as radical[22].
  • functional group's different from is recorded as functional group[23].
  • functional group's different from is recorded as group[24].
  • functional group's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00018111n[25].
  • functional group's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4725737[26].

Why It Matters

functional group ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (398 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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