ketone

class of organic compounds having structure RCOR´
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q170744
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ketone

Summary

ketone is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. ketone ranks in the top 4% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,567 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ketone's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • ketone is a type of carbonyl compound[4].
  • ketone is part of response to ketone[5].
  • ketone is part of cellular response to ketone[6].
  • ketone is part of cellular ketone metabolic process[7].
  • ketone is part of ketone biosynthetic process[8].
  • ketone is part of ketone catabolic process[9].
  • ketone is part of carbonyl reductase (NADPH) activity[10].
  • ketone is part of secondary-alcohol oxidase activity[11].
  • ketone is part of alcohol dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity[12].
  • ketone's Commons category is recorded as Ketones[13].
  • ketone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ketones[14].
  • ketone's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • ketone's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • ketone's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • ketone's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • ketone's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[19].
  • ketone's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ketones[20].
  • ketone's different from is recorded as ketene[21].
  • ketone's conjugate base is recorded as ketone enolate[22].
  • ketone's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • ketone's SMARTS notation is recorded as [#6]CX3[#6]CX3[#6]">[24].

Why It Matters

ketone ranks in the top 4% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,567 views/month).[2] ketone has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] ketone is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of response to ketone, cellular response to ketone, cellular ketone metabolic process +5
    Instance of
    Different from ketene
    Conjugate base ketone enolate
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18652, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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