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glycol

aliphatic diol, in which the two hydroxy groups are on different carbon atoms, usually but not necessarily adjacent
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glycol

Summary

glycol is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. glycol draws 161 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #208 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • glycol's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • glycol is a type of diol[4].
  • glycol is a type of aliphatic compound[5].
  • glycol is part of glycol metabolic process[6].
  • glycol is part of glycol biosynthetic process[7].
  • glycol is part of glycol catabolic process[8].
  • glycol's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Glycols[9].
  • glycol's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • glycol's partially coincident with is recorded as vicinal diol[11].

Why It Matters

glycol draws 161 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #208 of 1,029).[2] glycol has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] glycol is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → diol, aliphatic compound
    Instance of → structural class of chemical entities
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1023, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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