naphthalene

chemical compound
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naphthalene

Summary

naphthalene is a type of chemical entity[1]. naphthalene ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,079 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • naphthalene's image is recorded as Naphthalene.jpg[3].
  • naphthalene's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • naphthalene's chemical structure is recorded as Naphthalene 200.svg[5].
  • naphthalene's GND ID is recorded as 4171151-8[6].
  • naphthalene's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 91-20-3[7].
  • naphthalene's EC number is recorded as 202-049-5[8].
  • naphthalene's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=CC=C2C=CC=CC2=C1[9].
  • naphthalene's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C10H8/c1-2-6-10-8-4-3-7-9(10)5-1/h1-8H[10].
  • naphthalene's InChIKey is recorded as UFWIBTONFRDIAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N[11].
  • naphthalene's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85089710[12].
  • naphthalene's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122930669[13].
  • naphthalene's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₀H₈[14].
  • naphthalene's subclass of is recorded as naphthalenes[15].
  • naphthalene's subclass of is recorded as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons[16].
  • naphthalene's subclass of is recorded as bicyclic compound[17].
  • naphthalene's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00575297[18].
  • naphthalene's part of is recorded as naphthalene catabolic process[19].
  • naphthalene's part of is recorded as naphthalene 1,2-dioxygenase activity[20].
  • naphthalene's has use is recorded as mothball[21].
  • naphthalene's Commons category is recorded as Naphthalene[22].
  • naphthalene's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 29641[23].
  • naphthalene's has part is recorded as carbon[24].
  • naphthalene's has part is recorded as hydrogen[25].
  • naphthalene's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL16293[26].
  • naphthalene's PDB structure ID is recorded as 1O7G[27].

Why It Matters

naphthalene ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,079 views/month).[2] naphthalene has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] naphthalene is known by 47 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] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Global Substance Registration System. 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] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . 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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