hydroquinone

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q419164
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hydroquinone

Summary

hydroquinone is a type of chemical entity[1]. hydroquinone ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (579 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • hydroquinone's image is recorded as Hydroquinone crystal.jpg[3].
  • hydroquinone's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • hydroquinone's chemical structure is recorded as Hydrochinon.svg[5].
  • hydroquinone's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 123-31-9[6].
  • hydroquinone's EC number is recorded as 204-617-8[7].
  • hydroquinone's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=CC(=CC=C1O)O[8].
  • hydroquinone's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C6H6O2/c7-5-1-2-6(8)4-3-5/h1-4,7-8H[9].
  • hydroquinone's InChIKey is recorded as QIGBRXMKCJKVMJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N[10].
  • hydroquinone's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85063488[11].
  • hydroquinone's ATC code is recorded as D11AX11[12].
  • hydroquinone's chemical formula is recorded as C₆H₆O₂[13].
  • hydroquinone's subclass of is recorded as dihydroxybenzene[14].
  • hydroquinone's part of is recorded as hydroquinone binding[15].
  • hydroquinone's part of is recorded as p-benzoquinone reductase (NADPH) activity[16].
  • hydroquinone's part of is recorded as gentisate decarboxylase activity[17].
  • hydroquinone's part of is recorded as hydroquinone glucosyltransferase activity[18].
  • hydroquinone's part of is recorded as hydroquinone:oxygen oxidoreductase activity[19].
  • hydroquinone's has use is recorded as reducing agent[20].
  • hydroquinone's has use is recorded as polymerization inhibitor[21].
  • hydroquinone's has use is recorded as medication[22].
  • hydroquinone's Commons category is recorded as Hydroquinone[23].
  • hydroquinone's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as C031927[24].
  • hydroquinone's has part is recorded as carbon[25].
  • hydroquinone's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL537[26].
  • hydroquinone's PDB structure ID is recorded as 5I3B[27].

Why It Matters

hydroquinone ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (579 views/month).[2] hydroquinone has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] hydroquinone is known by 56 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] . Global Substance Registration System. 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] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. 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] . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . 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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hydroquinone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hydroquinone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hydroquinone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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