Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
The experimentally established mechanism targets of Glycolic 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glycolic Acid SCHEMBL16030031 | 1.00 | CA4 (0.50) | — | |
| Glycolic Acid SCHEMBL16029747 | 0.96 | CA4 (0.53) | — | |
| Glycolic Acid SCHEMBL16029757 | 0.96 | CA4 (0.47) | — | |
| Glycolic Acid SCHEMBL31499367 | 0.96 | — | — | |
| Glycolic Acid SCHEMBL9861748 | 0.92 | — | — | |
| Glycolic Acid SCHEMBL219019 | 0.91 | CA4 (0.50) | — | |
| Glycolic Acid SCHEMBL16030970 | 0.91 | CA4 (0.50) | — | |
| Glycolic Acid SCHEMBL4812940 | 0.91 | CA4 (0.50) | — | |
| Glycolic Acid SCHEMBL2335147 | 0.91 | CA4 (0.50) | — | |
| Glycolic Acid SCHEMBL21297631 | 0.91 | CA4 (0.50) | — |
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
Claimed or disclosed in 240 patents — showing the first 20. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-20250136752-A1 | COPOLYESTERS DERIVED FROM ALIPHATIC GLYCOLS, AROMATIC DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND POLY(ALKYLENE-OXIDES) AND FILMS MADE THEREFROM | MYLAR SPECIALTY FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (US) | 2025-05-01 | — | — | US | claimed |
| CN-119350289-A | Method for preparing high-purity 1, 4-dioxane-2-ketone at low cost | 青岛科技大学 | 2025-01-24 | — | — | CN | claimed |
| US-20240413336-A1 | CONDUCTIVE BINDER MATERIALS | MYLAR SPECIALITY FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 2024-12-12 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-4169966-B1 | COPOLYESTERS DERIVED FROM ALIPHATIC GLYCOLS, AROMATIC DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND POLY(ALKYLENE-OXIDES) AND FILMS MADE THEREFROM | MYLAR SPECIALTY FILMS U S LP (US) | 2024-11-20 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| EP-4367171-B1 | COPOLYESTER FILMS FOR USE AS SEPARATORS IN METAL-ION BATTERIES | MYLAR SPECIALTY FILMS U S LP (US) | 2024-11-20 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| EP-4427278-A1 | CONDUCTIVE BINDER MATERIALS | Mylar Specialty Films U.S. Limited Partnership (US) | 2024-09-11 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-20240291105-A1 | COPOLYESTER FILMS FOR USE AS SEPARATORS IN METAL-ION BATTERIES | DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (US) | 2024-08-29 | — | — | US | claimed |
| CN-118202481-A | Conductive adhesive material | 杜邦帝人薄膜美国有限合伙 | 2024-06-14 | — | — | CN | claimed |
| EP-4367171-A1 | COPOLYESTER FILMS FOR USE AS SEPARATORS IN METAL-ION BATTERIES | Dupont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership (US) | 2024-05-15 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| CN-117642456-A | Copolyester film for use as separator in metal-ion batteries | 杜邦帝人薄膜美国有限合伙 | 2024-03-01 | — | — | CN | claimed |
| WO-2012145688-A1 | CALCIUM SEQUESTERING COMPOSITION | RIVERTOP RENEWABLES, INC. (US) | 2012-10-26 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| US-6855678-B2 | Medical residue treatment composition comprising a lithium salt | WHITELEY CORPORATION PTY LTD (AU) | 2005-02-15 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-20030161758-A1 | Medical residue treatment composition | WHITELEY CORPORATION PTY LTD (AU) | 2003-08-28 | — | — | US | claimed |
| WO-2002007789-A1 | MEDICAL RESIDUE TREATMENT COMPOSITION | WHITELEY REGINALD KEITH (AU) | 2002-01-31 | — | — | WO | claimed |
| JP-2593946-B2 | — | — | 1997-03-26 | — | — | JP | claimed |
| EP-0436570-B1 | IMPROVED PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE FILM CONTAINING SLIP ADDITIVE | DU PONT (US) | 1996-01-03 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| EP-0436570-A4 | IMPROVED PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE FILM CONTAINING SLIP ADDITIVE | — | 1992-03-11 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-5041525-A | Esterfication of ethylene glycol and terphthalic acid or dimethyl terepthalate to form intermediate; polymerization of of intermediate in presence of antimony-free sodium aluminum silicate catalyst | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (US) | 1991-08-20 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-0436570-A1 | IMPROVED PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE FILM CONTAINING SLIP ADDITIVE. | DU PONT (US) | 1991-07-17 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| WO-1990003408-A1 | IMPROVED PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE FILM CONTAINING SLIP ADDITIVE | E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (US) | 1990-04-05 | — | — | WO | claimed |