toluene

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toluene

Summary

toluene is a type of chemical entity[1]. toluene ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (891 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • toluene is credited with the discovery of Pierre Joseph Pelletier[3].
  • toluene's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • toluene's chemical structure is recorded as Toluol.svg[5].
  • toluene's chemical structure is recorded as Toluene skeletal.svg[6].
  • toluene's GND ID is recorded as 4185632-6[7].
  • toluene's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 108-88-3[8].
  • toluene's EC number is recorded as 203-625-9[9].
  • toluene's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC1=CC=CC=C1[10].
  • toluene's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C7H8/c1-7-5-3-2-4-6-7/h2-6H,1H3[11].
  • toluene's InChIKey is recorded as YXFVVABEGXRONW-UHFFFAOYSA-N[12].
  • toluene's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85135907[13].
  • toluene's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 123654235[14].
  • toluene's chemical formula is recorded as C₇H₈[15].
  • toluene's subclass of is recorded as monocyclic compound[16].
  • toluene's subclass of is recorded as alkylbenzene[17].
  • toluene's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00573330[18].
  • toluene's part of is recorded as toluene metabolic process[19].
  • toluene's part of is recorded as toluene biosynthetic process[20].
  • toluene's part of is recorded as response to toluene[21].
  • toluene's part of is recorded as toluene catabolic process[22].
  • toluene's part of is recorded as toluene dioxygenase activity[23].
  • toluene's part of is recorded as benzylsuccinate synthase activity[24].
  • toluene's part of is recorded as toluene 2-monooxygenase activity[25].
  • toluene's has use is recorded as fuel[26].
  • toluene's has use is recorded as solvent[27].

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Works and Contributions

toluene is credited with the discovery of Pierre Joseph Pelletier[3].

Why It Matters

toluene ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (891 views/month).[2] toluene has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] toluene is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . PubChem. Retrieved . 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 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Medical Subject Headings. 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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