Methane

Methane

SCHEMBL157191

C.[Zn]

nearest known ligand 0.00

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⚠ 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
Methane SCHEMBL28408874 0.82
Methane SCHEMBL3620781 0.82
Methane SCHEMBL1533936 0.82
Methane SCHEMBL15210822 0.82
Methane SCHEMBL8573420 0.82
Methane SCHEMBL2196734 0.82
Methane SCHEMBL4369954 0.82
Methane SCHEMBL21633715 0.82
Methane SCHEMBL21834712 0.82
Methane SCHEMBL15363958 0.82

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 3067 patents — a generic fragment claimed broadly, so it's down-weighted as IP noise. Top by claim status then date:

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
US-20250271295-A1 Self-Powered Optical Amplifiers HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. (US) 2025-08-28 US claimed
US-20250189108-A1 ILLUMINATING DOOR HANDLE ASSA ABLOY AMERICAS RESIDENTIAL INC. 2025-06-12 US claimed
WO-2025106330-A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BATTERY CHARACTERIZATION USING ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. (US) 2025-05-22 WO claimed
US-20250121958-A1 ARTICULATING SPACECRAFT CHASSIS THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE 2025-04-17 US claimed
CN-119601791-A Bending-resistant long-service-life flexible fibrous aqueous zinc-iodine battery and preparation method thereof 电子科技大学长三角研究院(湖州) 2025-03-11 CN claimed
CN-117328925-B Multifunctional filling system and method for mining dry ice cold-storage ultrahigh-water material 山东科技大学 2025-03-07 CN claimed
CN-115637328-B LiMn preparation by recycling waste zinc carbon and lithium ion battery2O4Is a method of (2) 安徽格派锂电循环科技有限公司 2024-11-05 CN claimed
US-20240290989-A1 An Improved Battery Grid and Electrode Thereof Vehicle ATOA SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD (IN) 2024-08-29 US claimed
CN-114361485-B Double-phenanthroline imidazole based multielement co-doped carbon zinc air battery catalyst and preparation method and application thereof 华南理工大学 2024-08-23 CN claimed
CN-118255789-A Preparation method and application of N-heterocyclic carbene zinc complex catalytic material 中国科学院兰州化学物理研究所 2024-06-28 CN claimed
EP-0867045-B1 PAPER SEPARATORS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS EVER READY LTD (GB) 2000-10-04 EP claimed
WO-1999035700-A2 SEPARATORS FOR ZINC CARBON CELLS EVER READY LIMITED (GB) 1999-07-15 WO claimed
CN-2324640-Y Self-consumption power generator BEIJING MAIKETE HUIHUANG ENERG (CN) 1999-06-16 CN claimed
CN-1038457-C Layer build manganese dry cell MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD (JP) 1998-05-20 CN claimed
US-5744266-A Batteries and a method of manufacturing positive active material for the batteries MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (JP) 1998-04-28 US claimed
WO-1998013884-A1 ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY FOR DRY CELLS NATIONAL LABEL COMPANY (US) 1998-04-02 WO claimed
US-5456992-A Pulverizing the sealed cell, neutralizing in acid bath, drying , mixing carbon steel particle and compressing into briquets ELLIOTT KENNETH W (CA) 1995-10-10 US claimed
CN-1055447-A LAYER BUILD MANGANESE DRY CELL MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD (JP) 1991-10-16 CN claimed
CN-1037159-A Produce the technology of low density foamed polyethylene YONG WHAN SHIN (US) 1989-11-15 CN claimed
US-4684589-A PLUG OF AIR TIGHT MATERIAL IN ELASTIC JACKET; GAS VENTING RAYOVAC CORPORATION (US) 1987-08-04 US claimed