3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid

3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid

SCHEMBL40078

O=C(O)c1cccc(O)c1

nearest known ligand 1.00 ✓ in ChEMBL — recovers established targets

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Predicted protein targets (top 20)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
CA12 O43570 3/20 1.00
CA2 P00918 3/20 1.00
CA9 Q16790 3/20 1.00
CA1 P00915 2/20 1.00
CA6 P23280 1/20 1.00
PARP1 P09874 1/20 0.64
P4HB P07237 1/20 0.62
KDM4E B2RXH2 2/20 0.59
EGLN2 Q96KS0 1/20 0.59
ALDH1A1 P00352 2/20 0.57
CA14 Q9ULX7 2/20 0.56
CA7 P43166 1/20 0.56
HSD17B10 Q99714 2/20 0.56
KMO O15229 1/20 0.56
CYP1A2 P05177 1/20 0.56
CYP2C9 P11712 1/20 0.56
HPGD P15428 1/20 0.56
FASN P49327 1/20 0.55
TTR P02766 2/20 0.55
DAO P14920 1/20 0.55

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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
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid SCHEMBL29378849 1.00 CA12 (1.00) CA12CA2CA9CA1CA6
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid SCHEMBL8679140 1.00 CA12 (1.00) CA12CA2CA9CA1CA6
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid SCHEMBL9153881 1.00 CA12 (1.00) CA12CA2CA9CA1CA6
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid SCHEMBL8921998 0.98 CA12 (0.95) CA12CA2CA9CA1CA6
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid SCHEMBL20815888 0.98 CA12 (0.95) CA12CA2CA9CA1CA6
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid SCHEMBL18393380 0.98 CA12 (0.95) CA12CA2CA9CA1CA6
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid SCHEMBL14880093 0.98 CA12 (0.95) CA12CA2CA9CA1CA6
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid SCHEMBL20815892 0.98 CA12 (0.95) CA12CA2CA9CA1CA6
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid SCHEMBL381762 0.98 CA12 (0.95) CA12CA2CA9CA1CA6
3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid SCHEMBL17107307 0.98 CA12 (0.95) CA12CA2CA9CA1CA6

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 15276 patents — a generic fragment claimed broadly, so it's down-weighted as IP noise. Top by claim status then date:

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
EP-4747627-A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTIVE CLASSIFICATION BY MASS SPECTROMETRY AND TRAINED LARGE SPECTRAL MODELS Matterworks Inc (US) 2026-05-27 EP claimed
CN-122082140-A Preparation method of low-melting-point liquid crystal polyarylester in-situ reinforced polyethylene fiber 2026-05-26 CN claimed
CN-122037267-A Optical film with anti-dazzle self-repairing function 扬州博恒新能源材料科技有限公司 2026-05-15 CN claimed
EP-4493286-B1 A SOLID CLEANSING COMPOSITION UNILEVER IP HOLDINGS B V (NL) 2026-05-06 EP claimed
WO-2026088246-A1 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT COMPOUND NTT株式会社 2026-04-30 WO claimed
EP-3496838-B1 COORDINATIVE ALIGNMENT OF MOLECULES IN CHIRAL METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS UNIV CALIFORNIA (US) 2026-01-21 EP claimed
US-20260002924-A1 METHOD FOR SELECTING ESTER FUNCTIONAL GROUP-CONTAINING POLYMERS FROM MIXTURE OF ESTER FUNCTIONAL GROUP-CONTAINING POLYMERS AND OTHER TYPES OF POLYMERS KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (KR) 2026-01-01 US claimed
WO-2025264604-A1 SKIN CARE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (US) 2025-12-26 WO claimed
US-20250381110-A1 SKIN CARE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME PROCTER & GAMBLE (US) 2025-12-18 US claimed
EP-4661890-A1 PTP1B/TC-PTP DUAL INHIBITORS AND PROTEIN DEGRADERS Purdue Research Foundation (US) 2025-12-17 EP claimed
US-4217416-A Biotransformation preparation of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid PFIZER, INC. (US) 1980-08-12 US claimed
EP-0011815-A1 Process for producing m-hydroxy benzoic acid BAYER AG (DE) 1980-06-11 EP claimed
EP-0003663-A2 Amino-substituted phenyl and heteroaryl compounds, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY (US) 1979-08-22 EP claimed
US-4159208-A REACTING ALKALI METAL SALT OF AN AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID AND A METAL SALT IN THE PRESENCE OF CLAY AND ALUMINUM COMPOUND FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD. (JP) 1979-06-26 US claimed
US-4150108-A STEROID ENTRAPPED IN COPOLYMER MATRIX FROM A BIS(DIHYDROPYRAN) GRAHAM NEIL B 1979-04-17 US claimed
US-4145255-A ENZYMATIC OXIDATION THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (US) 1979-03-20 US claimed
US-RE29498-E PEROXIDASE ENZYME SYSTEM Istituto Sieroterapico e Vaccinogeno Toscano "SCLAVO", S.p.A. (IT) 1977-12-20 US claimed
US-4031131-A 3-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID, 3-CHLORO-4-HALOBENZOTRIFLUORIDE ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY (US) 1977-06-21 US claimed
US-3994712-A Ripening of sugarcane by use of certain monosubstituted benzoic acids HAWAIIAN SUGAR PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION (US) 1976-11-30 US claimed
US-3965033-A Process for the production of oil-containing microcapsules FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD. (JA) 1976-06-22 US claimed