hexadecanal

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q27077978
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hexadecanal

Summary

hexadecanal is a type of chemical entity[1]. hexadecanal ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • hexadecanal's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • hexadecanal's chemical structure is recorded as Hexadecanal.svg[4].
  • hexadecanal's chemical structure is recorded as Hexadecanal V2.svg[5].
  • hexadecanal's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 629-80-1[6].
  • hexadecanal's EC number is recorded as 211-111-0[7].
  • hexadecanal's canonical SMILES is recorded as CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC=O[8].
  • hexadecanal's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C16H32O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17/h16H,2-15H2,1H3[9].
  • hexadecanal's InChIKey is recorded as NIOYUNMRJMEDGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N[10].
  • hexadecanal's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₆H₃₂O[11].
  • hexadecanal's subclass of is recorded as fatty aldehyde[12].
  • hexadecanal's part of is recorded as hexadecanal biosynthetic process[13].
  • hexadecanal's part of is recorded as hexadecanal metabolic process[14].
  • hexadecanal's part of is recorded as sphinganine-1-phosphate aldolase activity[15].
  • hexadecanal's part of is recorded as hexadecanal dehydrogenase (acylating) activity[16].
  • hexadecanal's part of is recorded as 2-hexadecenal reductase activity[17].
  • hexadecanal's part of is recorded as hexadecanol dehydrogenase activity[18].
  • hexadecanal's Commons category is recorded as Hexadecanal[19].
  • hexadecanal's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL1235338[20].
  • hexadecanal's Guide to Pharmacology Ligand ID is recorded as 6627[21].
  • hexadecanal's UNII is recorded as WQD27655QE[22].
  • hexadecanal's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 959[23].
  • hexadecanal's PubChem CID is recorded as 984[24].
  • hexadecanal's KEGG ID is recorded as C00517[25].
  • hexadecanal's ChEBI ID is recorded as 17600[26].
  • hexadecanal's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[27].

Why It Matters

hexadecanal ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] hexadecanal is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ChEBI. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . 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 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ChEBI. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Recon 2.2: from reconstruction to model of human metabolism. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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