aniline

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q186414
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aniline

Summary

aniline is a type of chemical entity[1]. aniline ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,030 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • aniline is credited with the discovery of Otto Unverdorben[3].
  • aniline is credited with the discovery of Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge[4].
  • aniline is credited with the discovery of Karl Julius Fritzsche[5].
  • aniline is credited with the discovery of Nikolay Zinin[6].
  • aniline's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[7].
  • aniline's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=CC=C(C=C1)N[8].
  • aniline's chemical formula is recorded as C₆H₇N[9].
  • aniline is a type of aniline[10].
  • aniline is part of aryl-acylamidase activity[11].
  • aniline is part of azobenzene reductase activity[12].
  • aniline is part of aminobenzoate decarboxylase activity[13].
  • aniline is part of N-glutamylanilide hydrolase activity[14].
  • aniline's Commons category is recorded as Aniline[15].
  • aniline comprises nitrogen[16].
  • aniline comprises carbon[17].
  • aniline comprises hydrogen[18].
  • aniline's found in taxon is recorded as Camellia sinensis[19].
  • aniline's found in taxon is recorded as Trigonella foenum-graecum[20].
  • aniline's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • aniline's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • aniline's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23].
  • aniline's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Third Edition[24].
  • aniline's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25].
  • aniline's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • aniline's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Otto Unverdorben[3], a chemist[28], 1806–1873[29], of Kingdom of Prussia[30]; Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge[4], a chemist[31], 1794–1867[32], of Kingdom of Prussia[33]; Karl Julius Fritzsche[5], a chemist[34], 1808–1871[35], of Kingdom of Saxony[36], specialised in pharmaceutics[37]; and Nikolay Zinin[6], an organic chemist[38], 1812–1880[39], of Russian Empire[40], specialised in organic chemistry[41]. Things named for aniline include BASF[42], a business[43], in Germany[44], founded in 1865[45], headquartered in Ludwigshafen[46].

Why It Matters

aniline ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,030 views/month).[2] aniline has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] aniline is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for aniline include BASF[42], a business[43], in Germany[44], founded in 1865[45], headquartered in Ludwigshafen[46].

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  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Q24333068. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Q24333068. wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Volatile constituents of fenugreek seeds. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect aniline exposure
    Found in taxon Camellia sinensis, Trigonella foenum-graecum
    Electric dipole moment {'unit': 'Q40603', 'amount': '+1.13'}
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