mellitic acid

acid first discovered in 1799 by M. H. Klaproth in the mineral mellite (honeystone), which is the aluminium salt of the acid; benzene-derived hexacarboxylic acid in which each carbon of benzene carries a carboxy substituent
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mellitic acid

Summary

mellitic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • mellitic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • mellitic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Mellitic-acid.svg[4].
  • mellitic acid's GND ID is recorded as 4285329-1[5].
  • mellitic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 517-60-2[6].
  • mellitic acid's EC number is recorded as 208-243-6[7].
  • mellitic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1(=C(C(=C(C(=C1C(=O)O)C(=O)O)C(=O)O)C(=O)O)C(=O)O)C(=O)O[8].
  • mellitic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C12H6O12/c13-7(14)1-2(8(15)16)4(10(19)20)6(12(23)24)5(11(21)22)3(1)9(17)18/h(H,13,14)(H,15,16)(H,17,18)(H,19,20)(H,21,22)(H,23,24)[9].
  • mellitic acid's InChIKey is recorded as YDSWCNNOKPMOTP-UHFFFAOYSA-N[10].
  • mellitic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₂H₆O₁₂[11].
  • mellitic acid's subclass of is recorded as benzoic acid[12].
  • mellitic acid's subclass of is recorded as hexacarboxylic acid[13].
  • mellitic acid's Commons category is recorded as Mellitic acid[14].
  • mellitic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[15].
  • mellitic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[16].
  • mellitic acid's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL1231329[17].
  • mellitic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 1BQ4[18].
  • mellitic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 4CMX[19].
  • mellitic acid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08sws3[20].
  • mellitic acid's UNII is recorded as P80QSP14DM[21].
  • mellitic acid's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 2244[22].
  • mellitic acid's PubChem CID is recorded as 2334[23].
  • mellitic acid's ChEBI ID is recorded as 41089[24].
  • mellitic acid's DrugBank ID is recorded as DB01681[25].
  • mellitic acid's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • mellitic acid's Gmelin number is recorded as 70774[27].

Why It Matters

mellitic acid ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 16 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] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ebi.ac.uk. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 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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