Butyric Acid

Butyric Acid

SCHEMBL107185

CCCC(=O)[O-].[K+]

nearest known ligand 0.00

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Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism

AGTR1DHFRGABBR1GABBR2GABRA1GABRA2GABRA3GABRA4GABRA5GABRA6GABRB1GABRB2GABRB3GABRDGABREGABRG1GABRG2GABRG3GABRPGABRQGARTNR3C2PBP2XPTGS1PTGS2VKORC1blablaT-3blaT-4blaT-5blaT-6dacAdacBdacCfolAftsImrcAmrcBmrdApbp1apbp1bpbp2apbp2bpbp3polthyA

The experimentally established mechanism targets of Butyric 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.

Compoundsimilaritytop predictedshared targets
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL29840590 1.00 FFAR3 (0.93)
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL7849456 0.97 FFAR3 (0.88)
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL27467839 0.97
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL28151029 0.97
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL8994306 0.97
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL1071415 0.97 FFAR3 (0.94)
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL27633130 0.97
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL27970257 0.94
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL5323747 0.94 FFAR3 (0.82)
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL1330878 0.93

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 2181 patents — a generic fragment claimed broadly, so it's down-weighted as IP noise. Top by claim status then date:

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
EP-4253442-B1 AMINE COMPOSITION USEFUL FOR MAKING STABLE POLYURETHANE FOAM SYSTEMS EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH (DE) 2026-04-29 EP claimed
US-20260069910-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN WATER-BASED FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL SOLUTIONS AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THE SAME TO PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST WILDFIRE MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) 2026-03-12 US claimed
US-20260069911-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS, SOLUTIONS AND POWDERS, AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FIRE PROTECTED WOOD PRODUCTS MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) 2026-03-12 US claimed
US-20260048289-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-SAFE WATER-BASED FIRE RETARDANT BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS FORMULATED USING ALKALI METAL SALTS, FREE FROM PHOSPHATES, NITRATES, AND AMMONIUM-SALTS, FOR NON-CORROSIVE AERIAL AND GROUND DELIVERY ONTO PROPERTY REQUIRING LONG-TERM PROTECTION AGAINST WILDFIRE MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) 2026-02-19 US claimed
US-20260028445-A1 AMINE COMPOSITION USEFUL FOR MAKING STABLE POLYURETHANE FOAM SYSTEMS EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH (DE) 2026-01-29 US claimed
US-20260014403-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN WATER-BASED FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS, SOLUTIONS, POWDERS AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FIRE PROTECTED WOOD AND ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) 2026-01-15 US claimed
US-20260014404-A1 LONG-TERM FIRE RETARDANT WITH CORROSION INHIBITORS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME PERIMETER SOLUTIONS, LP (US) 2026-01-15 US claimed
WO-2025264733-A1 LONG-TERM FIRE RETARDANT WITH CORROSION INHIBITORS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME PERIMETER SOLUTIONS, LP (US) 2025-12-26 WO claimed
WO-2025245031-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN WATER-BASED FIRE-INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL SOLUTIONS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING TO PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST WILDFIRE MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) 2025-11-27 WO claimed
US-12408605-B2 Haploid embryogenesis STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH (NL) 2025-09-09 US claimed
EP-0406676-A2 Process for producing methyl methacrylate MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. (JP) 1991-01-09 EP claimed
EP-0402063-A2 Alpha-(omega-cyanoalkanoyl)-gamma-butyrolactone and method for producing the same UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD. (JP) 1990-12-12 EP claimed
US-4935516-A Process for preparing 4-hydroxypyrimidine UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD. (JP) 1990-06-19 US claimed
EP-0326389-A2 Process for preparing 4-hydroxypyrimidine UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD. (JP) 1989-08-02 EP claimed
US-4721716-A Method for desensitizing the gastrointestinal tract from food allergies NEESBY TORBEN E (US) 1988-01-26 US claimed
US-4544767-A HYDROGENATION CATALYST PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY (US) 1985-10-01 US claimed
US-4500719-A Process for the preparation of N-alkenylphenylmaleimides and N,N'-[alkenylenephenylene]bismalemides MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED (JP) 1985-02-19 US claimed
US-4455415-A POLYSILOXANES BY REACTING A PRIMARY AMINE AND HALOORGANOTRIALKOXYSILANE, BASIFYING AND POLYMERIZING WITH WATER DEGUSSA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (DE) 1984-06-19 US claimed
US-4192820-A Preparation of 3-methyl-2-buten-1-al BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (DE) 1980-03-11 US claimed
US-3975328-A Method for manufacture of polymer having different stereospecific structures at desired ratio from vinyl monomers AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (JA) 1976-08-17 US claimed