zwitterion

a dipolar ion: a molecule that contains an equal number of positively and negatively charged functional groups
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q245115
zwitterion
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zwitterion

Summary

zwitterion is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. zwitterion ranks in the top 7% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • zwitterion's image is recorded as Glycine-zwitterion-2D-skeletal.svg[3].
  • zwitterion's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[4].
  • zwitterion's GND ID is recorded as 4283360-7[5].
  • zwitterion's subclass of is recorded as dipolar compound[6].
  • zwitterion's Commons category is recorded as Zwitterions[7].
  • zwitterion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/089pv[8].
  • zwitterion's ChEBI ID is recorded as 27369[9].
  • zwitterion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zwitterions[10].
  • zwitterion's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1136662[11].
  • zwitterion's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/zwitterion[12].
  • zwitterion's NE.se ID is recorded as zwitterjon[13].
  • zwitterion's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as zwitterions[14].
  • zwitterion's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as zwitterion[15].
  • zwitterion's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as Z06752[16].
  • zwitterion's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778743342[17].
  • zwitterion's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3868682[18].
  • zwitterion's Biology Online Biology Dictionary entry is recorded as zwitterion[19].
  • zwitterion's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2778743342[20].
  • zwitterion's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as chemistry/zwitterion[21].
  • zwitterion's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as tsvitter-ion-39962e[22].
  • zwitterion's A Dictionary of Zoology ID is recorded as 9627[23].
  • zwitterion's A Dictionary of Genetics entry ID is recorded as 7329[24].

Why It Matters

zwitterion ranks in the top 7% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2] zwitterion has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] zwitterion is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). zwitterion. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/zwitterion
MLA “zwitterion.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/zwitterion.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_zwitterion_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{zwitterion}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/zwitterion}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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