Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
The experimentally established mechanism targets of Formic Acid. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.
⚠ Novel chemotype — no close known analogue (best Tanimoto < 0.3). Unexplored chemical space relative to ChEMBL.
Similar compounds — the chemically nearest patent molecules
Nearest neighbours by Morgan-fingerprint cosine across the patent-compound collection, with each neighbour's top predicted target and the predicted targets it shares with this molecule.
| Compound | similarity | top predicted | shared targets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formic Acid SCHEMBL10865059 | 0.94 | — | — | |
| Formic Acid SCHEMBL30255163 | 0.94 | ALDH1A1 (0.30) | — | |
| Formic Acid SCHEMBL31742395 | 0.94 | ALDH1A1 (0.30) | — | |
| Formic Acid SCHEMBL25267521 | 0.94 | — | — | |
| Formic Acid SCHEMBL11781109 | 0.94 | — | — | |
| Formic Acid SCHEMBL4302038 | 0.93 | ALDH1A1 (0.38) | — | |
| Formic Acid SCHEMBL20488608 | 0.88 | — | — | |
| Formic Acid SCHEMBL20636861 | 0.86 | — | — | |
| Formic Acid SCHEMBL11580061 | 0.86 | ALDH1A1 (0.33) | — | |
| Formic Acid SCHEMBL21268119 | 0.86 | ALDH1A1 (0.33) | — |
Similarity is cosine over the 2,048-bit Morgan fingerprint (≈ Tanimoto). Identical fingerprints score 1.00.
Patent provenance — the patents this molecule appears in, and who filed them
Appears in 6631 patents — a generic fragment claimed broadly, so it's down-weighted as IP noise. Top by claim status then date:
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN-116031504-B | Aqueous zinc ion battery electrolyte | DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CN) | 2026-05-26 | — | — | CN | claimed |
| US-20260103395-A1 | Materials and Methods of Producing Lithium Cobalt Oxide Materials of A Battery Cell | EJOULE INC (US) | 2026-04-16 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-4724413-A1 | ALPHA ALUMINA-BASED CERAMIC MATERIAL AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | 3M Innovative Properties Company (US) | 2026-04-15 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| EP-4148141-B1 | KIT FOR NUCLEIC ACID CAPTURE | ZYMO RES CORPORATION (US) | 2026-04-08 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-20260062311-A1 | METHOD FOR PREPARING POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND ENERGY STORAGE BATTERY | ZHEJIANG JINKO ENERGY STORAGE CO LTD (CN) | 2026-03-05 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-4229040-B1 | ASYMMETRIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATION OF 2-ARYL SUBSTITUTED BICYCLIC PYRIDINE KETONES IN PRESENCE OF A CHIRAL RUTHENIUM CATALYST | BAYER AG (DE) | 2026-02-25 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-20260045445-A1 | CONDUCTIVE FIXATION FOR ELECTRON MICROSCOPY | UNIV KANSAS (US) | 2026-02-12 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-4693504-A1 | SECONDARY BATTERY FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | Tianmulake Excellent Anode Materials Co, Ltd. (CN) | 2026-02-11 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-12534385-B2 | Materials and methods of producing lithium cobalt oxide materials of a battery cell | eJoule, Inc. (US) | 2026-01-27 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-20260011715-A1 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY | PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD (JP) | 2026-01-08 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4238356-A | REACTION PRODUCT OF A CARBOXYLIC ACID, SELENIUM DIOXIDE, A HYDROXIDE OR ACID SALT, AND AN ACID ANHYDRIDE | PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY (US) | 1980-12-09 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4222991-A | Process for removing SOx and NOx compounds from gas streams | UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (US) | 1980-09-16 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4182901-A | AND SUITABLE CARBOXYLIC ACID | PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY (US) | 1980-01-08 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4177251-A | LITHIUM | CONOCO, INC. (US) | 1979-12-04 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4144242-A | PRECIPITATION OF LITHIUM SALT | GLAXO LABORATORIES LIMITED (GB) | 1979-03-13 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4109079-A | A LITHIUM SALT | YAMASA SHOYU KABUSHIKI KAISHA (JP) | 1978-08-22 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4095030-A | CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS, DILUENTS | PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY (US) | 1978-06-13 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-4067855-A | CONTAINING LITHIUM AND PHOSPHORUS | TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC. (JA) | 1978-01-10 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-3964255-A | Method of inflating an automobile passenger restraint bag | SPECIALTY PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (US) | 1976-06-22 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-3947780-A | Acoustooptic mode-locker frequency doubler | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION (US) | 1976-03-30 | — | — | US | claimed |