Butyric Acid

Butyric Acid

SCHEMBL29482175

CCCC(=O)O.c1ccc(-c2ccccc2-c2ccccc2)cc1

nearest known ligand 0.55

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Predicted protein targets (top 20)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
FFAR3 O14843 1/20 0.54
HDAC3 O15379 1/20 0.54
HDAC1 Q13547 1/20 0.54
HDAC2 Q92769 1/20 0.54
HDAC8 Q9BY41 1/20 0.54
SMN1; SMN2 Q16637 3/20 0.53
HPGD P15428 1/20 0.53
L3MBTL1 Q9Y468 1/20 0.53
SOAT1 P35610 2/20 0.49
FFAR1 O14842 5/20 0.47
CES2 O00748 1/20 0.47
CES1 P23141 1/20 0.47
PTGER1 P34995 1/20 0.46
PTGER4 P35408 1/20 0.46
PTGER3 P43115 1/20 0.46
PTGER2 P43116 1/20 0.46
LMNA P02545 1/20 0.46
CYP1A2 P05177 1/20 0.46
RAB9A P51151 1/20 0.46
HIF1A Q16665 1/20 0.46

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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
Biphenyl SCHEMBL460021 0.89 SMN1; SMN2 (0.64) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL27768731 0.87 ALDH1A1 (0.59) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Propionic Acid SCHEMBL29662033 0.85 MAPT (0.52) FFAR3HDAC2HDAC8SMN1; SMN2HPGD
Butyramide SCHEMBL13733187 0.84 SMN1; SMN2 (0.50) SMN1; SMN2HPGDL3MBTL1SOAT1CES2
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL29662016 0.84 PTGER1 (0.49) HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8SMN1; SMN2
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL3208838 0.81 FFAR3 (0.56) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Naphthalene SCHEMBL7796235 0.80 HDAC3 (0.62) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Fluorene SCHEMBL27386948 0.80 NPC1 (0.56) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL7069607 0.80 FFAR3 (0.68) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butane SCHEMBL15105003 0.79 PTGS2 (0.48) HDAC2HDAC8SMN1; SMN2HPGDSOAT1

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 21 patents — showing the first 20. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
US-20260033519-A1 STORAGE-STABLE BEVERAGES COMPRISING ANTHOCYANINS BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV (US) 2026-02-05 US claimed
WO-2025097045-A1 COLLOIDAL FOOD BASE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MYCELIAL BIOMASS THE FYNDER GROUP, INC (US) 2025-05-08 WO claimed
US-12281070-B2 Water soluble antiviral and antimicrobial compound and process for preparation thereof DEB NILANJAN (IN) 2025-04-22 US claimed
US-11963936-B2 Method of manufacturing stable emulsions and compositions containing the same UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (US) 2024-04-23 US claimed
US-20230121754-A1 WATER SOLUBLE ANTIVIRAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUND AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF DEB NILANJAN (IN) 2023-04-20 US claimed
WO-2022108118-A1 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFIDE-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE USING ESTER-BASED ORGANIC SOLVENT, AND SULFIDE-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY MANUFACTURED BY SAID MANUFACTURING METHOD 한국전자기술연구원 2022-05-27 WO claimed
WO-2022106908-A1 WATER SOLUBLE ANTIVIRAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUND AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF DEB NILANJAN (IN) 2022-05-27 WO claimed
US-20220079890-A1 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STABLE EMULSIONS AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 2022-03-17 US claimed
US-20260033519-A1 STORAGE-STABLE BEVERAGES COMPRISING ANTHOCYANINS BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV (US) 2026-02-05 US disclosed
EP-3850052-B1 SCREEN WASH TETROSYL I TEC LTD (GB) 2025-11-05 EP disclosed
US-20250143362-A1 COLLOIDAL FOOD BASE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MYCELIAL BIOMASS THE FYNDER GROUP INC (US) 2025-05-08 US disclosed
WO-2025097045-A1 COLLOIDAL FOOD BASE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MYCELIAL BIOMASS THE FYNDER GROUP, INC (US) 2025-05-08 WO disclosed
US-12281070-B2 Water soluble antiviral and antimicrobial compound and process for preparation thereof DEB NILANJAN (IN) 2025-04-22 US disclosed
US-12098234-B2 Stability of polyurethane polyol blends containing halogenated olefin blowing agents ARKEMA INC. (US) 2024-09-24 US disclosed
US-20230121754-A1 WATER SOLUBLE ANTIVIRAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUND AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF DEB NILANJAN (IN) 2023-04-20 US disclosed
EP-4059573-A1 SOLUBILISING AGENTS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME B&Sens (FR) 2022-09-21 EP disclosed
WO-2022187295-A1 POLOXAMER COMPOSITIONS AND BEVERAGES Acid Neutral Alkaline Laboratory (US) 2022-09-09 WO disclosed
WO-2022106908-A1 WATER SOLUBLE ANTIVIRAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUND AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF DEB NILANJAN (IN) 2022-05-27 WO disclosed
WO-2022108118-A1 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFIDE-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE USING ESTER-BASED ORGANIC SOLVENT, AND SULFIDE-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY MANUFACTURED BY SAID MANUFACTURING METHOD 한국전자기술연구원 2022-05-27 WO disclosed
US-20220079890-A1 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STABLE EMULSIONS AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 2022-03-17 US disclosed

Patent text — is the patent's own abstract consistent with the prediction?

For each of this compound's patents that has machine-readable text (3 of them — usually the abstract, not the full specification), we ask MedCPT which protein the text reads most about, and where the chemistry-predicted target lands among 4885 human targets. A high rank means the patent's own wording is consistent with the prediction — a weak, independent signal, not proof of activity.

PatentTitleText reads most aboutPredicted target · text-rank
US-20230121754-A1 WATER SOLUBLE ANTIVIRAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUND AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF ZC3HAV1, SAMHD1, ZC3HAV1L FFAR3 4142/4885HDAC3 3898/4885HDAC1 3075/4885
US-20260033519-A1 STORAGE-STABLE BEVERAGES COMPRISING ANTHOCYANINS SIRT1, SIRT3, CRY1 FFAR3 1347/4885HDAC3 740/4885HDAC1 988/4885
US-12281070-B2 Water soluble antiviral and antimicrobial compound and process for preparation thereof ZC3HAV1, SAMHD1, ZC3HAV1L FFAR3 4250/4885HDAC3 3652/4885HDAC1 2899/4885

“Text reads most about” is the patent abstract's nearest protein in MedCPT space (background-debiased). Only ~1.4% of patents have machine-readable text, so most compounds won't have this panel.