stearic acid

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q209685
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stearic acid

Summary

stearic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (420 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • stearic acid's image is recorded as Stearinsäure auf Uhrglas.jpg[3].
  • stearic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • stearic acid's chemical structure is recorded as Stearinsäure Skelett.svg[5].
  • stearic acid's GND ID is recorded as 4323216-4[6].
  • stearic acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 57-11-4[7].
  • stearic acid's EC number is recorded as 200-313-4[8].
  • stearic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O[9].
  • stearic acid's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C18H36O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h2-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)[10].
  • stearic acid's InChIKey is recorded as QIQXTHQIDYTFRH-UHFFFAOYSA-N[11].
  • stearic acid's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85127739[12].
  • stearic acid's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₈H₃₆O₂[13].
  • stearic acid's subclass of is recorded as straight chain fatty acids[14].
  • stearic acid's subclass of is recorded as long chain fatty acid[15].
  • stearic acid's subclass of is recorded as saturated fatty acid[16].
  • stearic acid's part of is recorded as stearic acid binding[17].
  • stearic acid's Commons category is recorded as Stearic acid[18].
  • stearic acid's color is recorded as white[19].
  • stearic acid's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as C031183[20].
  • stearic acid's has part is recorded as oxygen[21].
  • stearic acid's has part is recorded as carbon[22].
  • stearic acid's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL46403[23].
  • stearic acid's Guide to Pharmacology Ligand ID is recorded as 3377[24].
  • stearic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 3WVM[25].
  • stearic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 3WXQ[26].
  • stearic acid's PDB structure ID is recorded as 4JIV[27].

Why It Matters

stearic acid ranks in the top 3% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (420 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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