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locant

prefix in organic chemistry nomenclature describing the position of a substituent
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locant

Summary

locant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • locant's subclass of is recorded as chemical term[2].
  • locant's subclass of is recorded as affix[3].
  • locant's part of is recorded as chemical name[4].
  • locant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/059zc8[5].
  • locant's facet of is recorded as IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry[6].
  • locant's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/locant[7].
  • locant's different from is recorded as descriptor[8].
  • locant's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776021494[9].

Why It Matters

locant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[1] locant has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). locant. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/locant
MLA “locant.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/locant.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_locant_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{locant}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/locant}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): locant — https://4ort.xyz/entity/locant (retrieved 2026-04-11)

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