radical

atom, molecule, or ion that has an unpaired valence electron; typically highly reactive
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q185056
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radical

Summary

radical is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. radical ranks in the top 5% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,152 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • radical's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • radical is a type of molecular entity[4].
  • radical is a type of reaction intermediate[5].
  • radical is a type of reactive intermediate[6].
  • radical's Commons category is recorded as Radicals[7].
  • radical comprises unpaired electron[8].
  • radical's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Free radicals[9].
  • radical's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • radical's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • radical's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[12].
  • radical's participant in is recorded as free-radical reaction[13].
  • radical's used by is recorded as radical substitution[14].
  • radical's used by is recorded as free-radical addition[15].
  • radical's has characteristic is recorded as reactivity[16].
  • radical's different from is recorded as substituent group[17].
  • radical's different from is recorded as moiety[18].
  • radical's different from is recorded as functional group[19].
  • radical's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

Why It Matters

radical ranks in the top 5% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,152 views/month).[2] radical has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] radical is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). goldbook.iupac.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . goldbook.iupac.org. goldbook.iupac.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id i115235
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id 151079764
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007555978405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  2. 13d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id 06854209-n, 14898347-n
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P8814]]: 06854209-n"
  3. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Different from substituent group, moiety, functional group
    Yso id 2983
    Aliases
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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