sorbic acid

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q407131
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sorbic acid

Summary

sorbic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sorbic acid's image is recorded as Sorbic acid 2.jpg[3].
  • sorbic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • sorbic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Sorbinsäure.svg[5].
  • sorbic acid's GND ID is recorded as 4181846-5[6].
  • sorbic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 110-44-1[7].
  • sorbic acid's EC number is recorded as 203-768-7[8].
  • sorbic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC=CC=CC(=O)O[9].
  • sorbic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C6H8O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6(7)8/h2-5H,1H3,(H,7,8)/b3-2+,5-4+[10].
  • sorbic acid's InChIKey is recorded as WSWCOQWTEOXDQX-MQQKCMAXSA-N[11].
  • sorbic acid's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh89000456[12].
  • sorbic acid's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12465602x[13].
  • sorbic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₆H₈O₂[14].
  • sorbic acid's subclass of is recorded as unsaturated fatty acid[15].
  • sorbic acid's has use is recorded as food additive[16].
  • sorbic acid's has use is recorded as food preservative[17].
  • sorbic acid's Commons category is recorded as Sorbic acid[18].
  • sorbic acid's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D013011[19].
  • sorbic acid's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 37323[20].
  • sorbic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[21].
  • sorbic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[22].
  • sorbic acid's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL250212[23].
  • sorbic acid's E number is recorded as E200[24].
  • sorbic acid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04h2zg[25].
  • sorbic acid's UNII is recorded as X045WJ989B[26].
  • sorbic acid's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 558605[27].

Why It Matters

sorbic acid ranks in the top 5% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . Integrated Authority File. 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] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Q2311683. 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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sorbic-acid_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sorbic acid}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sorbic-acid}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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