toluene

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toluene

Summary

toluene is a type of chemical entity[1]. toluene ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,793 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • toluene is credited with the discovery of Pierre Joseph Pelletier[3].
  • toluene's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • toluene's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC1=CC=CC=C1[5].
  • toluene's chemical formula is recorded as C₇H₈[6].
  • toluene is a type of monocyclic compound[7].
  • toluene is a type of alkylbenzene[8].
  • toluene is part of toluene metabolic process[9].
  • toluene is part of toluene biosynthetic process[10].
  • toluene is part of response to toluene[11].
  • toluene is part of toluene catabolic process[12].
  • toluene is part of toluene dioxygenase activity[13].
  • toluene is part of benzylsuccinate synthase activity[14].
  • toluene is part of toluene 2-monooxygenase activity[15].
  • toluene is used for fuel[16].
  • toluene is used for solvent[17].
  • toluene's Commons category is recorded as Toluene[18].
  • toluene comprises carbon[19].
  • toluene comprises methyl[20].
  • toluene comprises phenyl group[21].
  • toluene's found in taxon is recorded as Zingiber mioga[22].
  • toluene's found in taxon is recorded as Opuntia ficus-indica[23].
  • toluene's found in taxon is recorded as Manilkara zapota[24].
  • toluene's found in taxon is recorded as Psidium guajava[25].
  • toluene's found in taxon is recorded as Helianthus tuberosus[26].
  • toluene's found in taxon is recorded as Elsholtzia ciliata[27].

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Works and Contributions

toluene is credited with the discovery of Pierre Joseph Pelletier[3].

Why It Matters

toluene ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,793 views/month).[2] toluene has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] toluene is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Volatile Flavor Compounds of Myoga (Zingiber Mioga).. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Volatile constituents of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus indica Mill., de Castilla variety). wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Volatile flavor components of sapodilla fruit (Achras sapota L). wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Volatile flavour components of guava. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Aroma volatiles of Cynara scolymus and Helianthus tuberosus. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Terpenoids from Elsholtzia Species; II1. Constituents of Essential Oil from a New Chemotype of Elsholtzia cristata. 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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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Density {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+0.87'}
    Has use fuel, solvent
    Flash point {'unit': 'Q42289', 'amount': '+40'}
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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