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hydrocarbon

organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon
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Summary

hydrocarbon is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. hydrocarbon ranks in the top 2% of structural class of chemical entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,849 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: organic compound[3], hydride[4], binary compound[5]
  • Part of: ANFO[6], cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process[7], hydrocarbon biosynthetic process[8], hydrocarbon metabolic process[9], hydrocarbon catabolic process[10]
  • Commons category: Hydrocarbons[11]
  • Has part(s): carbon[12], hydrogen[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hydrocarbons[14]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19]
  • Shape: hydrocarbon chain[20]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/tags/hydrocarbons[21]
  • Different from: carbohydrate[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]

Why It Matters

hydrocarbon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] hydrocarbon is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3OHcmK
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0231524-uhlovodiky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0231524-uhlovodiky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → ANFO, cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process, hydrocarbon biosynthetic process +2
    Subclass of → —
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → carbon, hydrogen
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007533631405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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