levulinic acid

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q903322
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levulinic acid

Summary

levulinic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • levulinic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • levulinic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Levulinic Acid Structural Formulae.svg[4].
  • levulinic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 123-76-2[5].
  • levulinic acid's EC number is recorded as 204-649-2[6].
  • levulinic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC(=O)CCC(=O)O[7].
  • levulinic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C5H8O3/c1-4(6)2-3-5(7)8/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)[8].
  • levulinic acid's InChIKey is recorded as JOOXCMJARBKPKM-UHFFFAOYSA-N[9].
  • levulinic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₅H₈O₃[10].
  • levulinic acid's subclass of is recorded as biogenic acyclic ketone[11].
  • levulinic acid's subclass of is recorded as oxo fatty acids[12].
  • levulinic acid's Commons category is recorded as Levulinic acid[13].
  • levulinic acid's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as C032246[14].
  • levulinic acid's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 17623[15].
  • levulinic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[16].
  • levulinic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[17].
  • levulinic acid's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL1235931[18].
  • levulinic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 1YLV[19].
  • levulinic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 1B4E[20].
  • levulinic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 1B4K[21].
  • levulinic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 1H7N[22].
  • levulinic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 2XUA[23].
  • levulinic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 1W1Z[24].
  • levulinic acid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08d5th[25].
  • levulinic acid's UNII is recorded as RYX5QG61EI[26].
  • levulinic acid's RTECS number is recorded as OI1575000[27].

Why It Matters

levulinic acid ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 34 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] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . PubChem. 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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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