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lactone

class of compounds; cyclic ester
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lactone

Summary

lactone is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. lactone draws 959 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #109 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • lactone's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • lactone is a type of carboxylate ester[4].
  • lactone is a type of oxacycle[5].
  • lactone is part of lactone metabolic process[6].
  • lactone is part of lactone catabolic process[7].
  • lactone is part of lactone biosynthetic process[8].
  • lactone is part of organic substance transport[9].
  • lactone is part of transmembrane transporter activity[10].
  • lactone's Commons category is recorded as Lactones[11].
  • lactone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lactones[12].
  • lactone's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • lactone's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • lactone's SMARTS notation is recorded as CR1[OR1]CR1[OR1]">[15].

Why It Matters

lactone draws 959 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #109 of 1,029).[2] lactone has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] lactone is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → lactone metabolic process, lactone catabolic process, lactone biosynthetic process +2
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → —
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550695405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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