methane
simplest organic molecule with one carbon atom and four hydrogen
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methane
Summary
methane is a gas[1]. methane draws 2,209 Wikipedia views per month (gas category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]
Key Facts
- methane is credited with the discovery of Alessandro Volta[3].
- methane's image is recorded as Methane-graphic.svg[4].
- methane's instance of is recorded as gas[5].
- methane's chemical structure is recorded as Methane-2D-stereo.svg[6].
- methane's GND ID is recorded as 4169678-5[7].
- methane's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 74-82-8[8].
- methane's EC number is recorded as 200-812-7[9].
- methane's canonical SMILES is recorded as C[10].
- methane's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/CH4/h1H4[11].
- methane's InChIKey is recorded as VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N[12].
- methane's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85084379[13].
- methane's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11980022t[14].
- methane's chemical formula is recorded as CH₄[15].
- methane's subclass of is recorded as biogenic aliphatic hydrocarbon[16].
- methane's subclass of is recorded as alkane[17].
- methane's subclass of is recorded as group 14 hydride[18].
- methane's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00576602[19].
- methane's part of is recorded as methane metabolic process[20].
- methane's part of is recorded as methanogenesis[21].
- methane's part of is recorded as methanogenesis, from acetate[22].
- methane's part of is recorded as methanogenesis, from carbon dioxide[23].
- methane's part of is recorded as methanogenesis, from methanol[24].
- methane's part of is recorded as methane catabolic process[25].
- methane's part of is recorded as methane biosynthetic process from methanol and hydrogen[26].
- methane's part of is recorded as methane biosynthetic process from formic acid[27].
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Works and Contributions
methane is credited with the discovery of Alessandro Volta[3].
Why It Matters
methane draws 2,209 Wikipedia views per month (gas category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] methane has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] methane is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]