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alkyne

acyclic hydrocarbon with one triple bond between carbon atoms
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alkyne
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Summary

alkyne is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. alkyne draws 1,618 Wikipedia views per month (structural class of chemical entities category, ranking #165 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: acyclic compound[3], aliphatic hydrocarbon[4], acetylene[5]
  • Part of: cellular alkyne metabolic process[6], alkyne biosynthetic process[7], alkyne catabolic process[8]
  • Commons category: Alkynes[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Alkynes[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Alkynes[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

alkyne has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] alkyne is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_alkyne_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{alkyne}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/alkyne}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
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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. 15w ago · Zyirkon · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Alkyne-group.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Allgemeine Struktur Alkine.svg"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → structural class of chemical entities
    Part of → cellular alkyne metabolic process, alkyne biosynthetic process, alkyne catabolic process
    Cxsmiles → [*]C#C[*] |$_R;;;_R$|
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007546814405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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