Benzonitrile

Benzonitrile

SCHEMBL3650085

Cl.N#Cc1ccccc1.N#Cc1ccccc1.[Pd]

nearest known ligand 0.88

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Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism

ABL1ACEACHEACVR1ADRA1AADRA1BADRA1DADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRB1ADRB2ADRB3AGTR1ALKAVPR1AAVPR2BCHEBCRCA2CACNA1ACACNA1BCACNA1CCACNA1DCACNA1ECACNA1FCACNA1GCACNA1HCACNA1ICACNA1SCACNA2D1CACNA2D2CACNA2D3CACNA2D4CACNB1CACNB2CACNB3CACNB4CACNG1CACNG2CACNG3CACNG4CACNG5CACNG6CACNG7CACNG8CALCRLCASRCCR5CDK4CDK6CFBCHRM1CHRM2CHRM3CHRM4CHRM5CHRNA1CHRNA3CHRNA7CHRNB1CHRNB4CHRNDCHRNECHRNGCOXFA4COXFA4L2CRBNCSF1RCUL4ACYP19A1DDB1DPP4DRD1DRD2DRD3DRD4EDNRAEGFREML4ERBB2ERBB4ESR1ESR2FGFR1FGFR3FLT1FLT3FLT4GAAGABRA1GABRA2GABRA3GABRA4GABRA5GABRA6GABRB1GABRB2GABRB3GABRDGABREGABRG1GABRG2GABRG3GABRPGABRQGHSRGLAGNRHRGPD2GRIN1GRIN2AGRIN2BGRIN2CGRIN2DGRIN3AGRIN3BGSTP1HCN4HCRTR1HCRTR2HDAC1HDAC10HDAC11HDAC2HDAC3HDAC4HDAC5HDAC6HDAC7HDAC8HDAC9HRH1HRH2HRH3HSD11B1HSP90AA1HSP90AB1HTR1AHTR1BHTR1DHTR1EHTR1FHTR2AHTR2BHTR2CHTR3AHTR3BHTR3CHTR3DHTR3EHTR4HTR5AHTR6HTR7IMPDH1IMPDH2ITGA2BITGB3ITKJAK1JAK2KCNA1KCNA10KCNA2KCNA3KCNA4KCNA5KCNA6KCNA7KCNB1KCNB2KCNC1KCNC2KCNC3KCNC4KCND1KCND2KCND3KCNF1KCNG1KCNG2KCNG3KCNG4KCNH1KCNH2KCNH3KCNH4KCNH5KCNH6KCNH7KCNH8KCNJ2KCNJ3KCNJ5KCNK3KCNK9KCNQ1KCNQ2KCNQ3KCNQ4KCNQ5KCNS1KCNS2KCNS3KCNV1KCNV2KDRKITKLKB1LCKMMAOAMAOBMAPK14METMMP1MMP13MMP7MMP8MT-ND1MT-ND2MT-ND3MT-ND4MT-ND4LMT-ND5MT-ND6NDUFA1NDUFA10NDUFA11NDUFA12NDUFA13NDUFA2NDUFA3NDUFA5NDUFA6NDUFA7NDUFA8NDUFA9NDUFAB1NDUFAF1NDUFAF2NDUFAF3NDUFAF4NDUFB1NDUFB10NDUFB11NDUFB2NDUFB3NDUFB4NDUFB5NDUFB6NDUFB7NDUFB8NDUFB9NDUFC1NDUFC2NDUFS1NDUFS2NDUFS3NDUFS4NDUFS5NDUFS6NDUFS7NDUFS8NDUFV1NDUFV2NDUFV3NR3C1NS5ANTRK1NTRK2NTRK3ODC1OPRD1OPRK1OPRM1P2RY12PAHPARP1PDE3APDE3BPDE4APDE4BPDE4CPDE4DPDE5APDE7APDE7BPDE8APDE8BPDGFRAPDGFRBPIK3CAPIK3CDPNPPOLA1POLA2POLD1POLD2POLD3POLD4POLEPOLE2POLE3PPARGPRIM1PRIM2PRKCAPRKCBPRKCDPRKCEPRKCGPRKCHPRKCIPRKCQPRKCZPRKD1PRKD3PTGS1PTGS2RBX1RENRETROCK1ROCK2RPE65RRM1RRM2RRM2BS1PR1S1PR2S1PR3S1PR4S1PR5SCN10ASCN11ASCN1ASCN2ASCN3ASCN4ASCN5ASCN7ASCN8ASCN9ASCNN1ASCNN1BSCNN1GSIGMAR1SLC18A2SLC6A1SLC6A2SLC6A3SLC6A4SLC9A3SRCTACR1TOP1TOP2ATOP2BTTRTYMPdacAdacBdacCembAfolAftsIgyrAgyrBmrcAmrcBmrdAparCparEpolrplArplBrplCrplDrplErplFrplIrplJrplKrplLrplMrplNrplOrplPrplQrplRrplSrplTrplUrplVrplWrplXrplYrpmArpmBrpmCrpmDrpmErpmE2rpmFrpmGrpmG1rpmG2rpmG3rpmHrpmIrpmJrpsArpsBrpsCrpsDrpsErpsFrpsGrpsHrpsIrpsJrpsKrpsLrpsMrpsNrpsOrpsPrpsQrpsRrpsSrpsTrpsUykgMykgO

The experimentally established mechanism targets of Benzonitrile. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.

Predicted protein targets (top 20)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
MAOB known ✓ P27338 4/20 0.54
MAOA known ✓ P21397 3/20 0.54
CA2 known ✓ P00918 1/20 0.46
HDAC8 known ✓ Q9BY41 2/20 0.42
TSHR P16473 1/20 0.88
APP P05067 1/20 0.47
ALDH1A1 P00352 3/20 0.46
CYP2A6 P11509 2/20 0.46
CA12 O43570 1/20 0.46
CA3 P07451 1/20 0.46
CA6 P23280 1/20 0.46
CA9 Q16790 1/20 0.46
CA14 Q9ULX7 1/20 0.46
BLM P54132 1/20 0.44
PMP22 Q01453 1/20 0.44
MAPT P10636 3/20 0.42
LOXL2 Q9Y4K0 1/20 0.40
CYP1A2 P05177 1/20 0.40
CYP3A4 P08684 1/20 0.40
CYP2C9 P11712 1/20 0.40

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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
Benzonitrile SCHEMBL3082428 1.00 TSHR (0.88) TSHRMAOBMAOAAPPALDH1A1
Benzonitrile SCHEMBL17107360 0.97 TSHR (0.93) TSHRMAOBMAOAAPPALDH1A1
Benzonitrile SCHEMBL343530 0.97 TSHR (0.93) TSHRMAOBMAOAAPPALDH1A1
Benzonitrile SCHEMBL16899036 0.97 TSHR (0.93) TSHRMAOBMAOAAPPALDH1A1
Benzonitrile SCHEMBL4272158 0.97 TSHR (0.93) TSHRMAOBMAOAAPPALDH1A1
Benzonitrile SCHEMBL3852661 0.97 TSHR (0.93) TSHRMAOBMAOAAPPALDH1A1
Hydrochloric Acid SCHEMBL7996155 0.97 TSHR (0.93) TSHRMAOBMAOAAPPALDH1A1
Benzonitrile SCHEMBL2708030 0.97
Benzonitrile SCHEMBL506879 0.97 TSHR (0.93) TSHRMAOBMAOAAPPALDH1A1
Benzonitrile SCHEMBL2904373 0.97

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

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
CN-118005546-A Method for synthesizing thiocarboxylate based on unsaturated hydrocarbon 安徽农业大学 2024-05-10 CN claimed
CN-116143598-A Method for synthesizing alpha, beta-unsaturated ketone through palladium-catalyzed carbonylation Suzuki reaction 怀化学院 2023-05-23 CN claimed
US-7186870-B2 Process for the preparation of 1,3-substituted indenes and aryl-fused azapolycyclic compounds PFIZER INC (US) 2007-03-06 US claimed
US-7091372-B2 Process for the preparation of 1,3-substituted indenes and aryl-fused azapolycyclic compounds PFIZER INC (US) 2006-08-15 US claimed
US-20060079707-A1 Process for the preparation of 1,3-substituted indenes and aryl-fused azapolycyclic compounds PFIZER INC 2006-04-13 US claimed
US-20030060624-A1 Process for the preparation of 1,3-substituted indenes and aryl-fused azapolycyclic componunds PFIZER INC. 2003-03-27 US claimed
JP-5032678-A None JP disclosed
JP-61186250-A None JP disclosed
EP-4634162-A1 BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES Syngenta Crop Protection AG (CH) 2025-10-22 EP disclosed
US-12344569-B2 Process for making a conjugated diene from an allyl alcohol GIVAUDAN SA (CH) 2025-07-01 US disclosed
US-12162001-B2 Magnetic-nanoparticle-supported catalyst and method of making KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (SA) 2024-12-10 US disclosed
US-12157114-B2 Method for making Fe3O4 magnetic catalysts KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (SA) 2024-12-03 US disclosed
US-20240309012-A1 ISOQUINOLINE COMPOUND, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CN) 2024-09-19 US disclosed
US-5108823-A Pretreating with oxidizing agent BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (DE) 1992-04-28 US disclosed
US-4709054-A REACTION OF AROMATIC ACYL HALIDE AND HALOGENATED POLYSILANE, TRANSITION METAL CATALYST GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (US) 1987-11-24 US disclosed
JP-S61186250-A METHOD FOR ACTIVATION OF SURFACE OF GLASS FIBER NITTO BOSEKI CO LTD 1986-08-19 JP disclosed
US-4384981-A COORDINATION, INTERCALATION COMPOUND CONTAINING GROUP EIGHT METAL OR COMPOUND AND AN ORGANIC TETRAVALENT METALLIC COMPOUNDS OCCIDENTAL RESEARCH CORPORATION (US) 1983-05-24 US disclosed
US-4339595-A Hexa(meta-,para-carboxyphenyl)benzene compounds STANDARD OIL COMPANY (INDIANA) (US) 1982-07-13 US disclosed
US-4044050-A Isomerization of propenyl esters CHEVRON RESEARCH COMPANY (US) 1977-08-23 US disclosed
US-4027084-A FROM DIPHOSPHINE ALKALI ALCOHOLATES AND A HALOGENATED POLYMER SOCIETE NATIONALE DES PETROLES D'AQUITAINE (FR) 1977-05-31 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 (4 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-20240309012-A1 ISOQUINOLINE COMPOUND, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF FURIN, REN, AQP1 MAOB 3766/4885MAOA 3918/4885CA2 3311/4885
US-12344569-B2 Process for making a conjugated diene from an allyl alcohol ADH1C, ADH1A, ADH5 MAOB 1192/4885MAOA 1155/4885CA2 2994/4885
US-20060079707-A1 Process for the preparation of 1,3-substituted indenes and aryl-fused azapolycyclic compounds CYP1B1, AZI2, CYP1A1 MAOB 49/4885MAOA 129/4885CA2 4338/4885
US-20030060624-A1 Process for the preparation of 1,3-substituted indenes and aryl-fused azapolycyclic componunds INTS6, CYP1B1, CYP1A2 MAOB 66/4885MAOA 143/4885CA2 4092/4885

“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.