Formic Acid

Formic Acid

SCHEMBL43484

O=C[O-].O=C[O-].[Zn+2]

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
Formic Acid SCHEMBL30991762 1.00 ALDH1A1 (0.33)
Formic Acid SCHEMBL29518082 0.94 ALDH1A1 (0.30)
Formic Acid SCHEMBL6355502 0.94 ALDH1A1 (0.30)
Formic Acid SCHEMBL5057153 0.94
Formic Acid SCHEMBL9449499 0.94 ALDH1A1 (0.30)
Formic Acid SCHEMBL28738021 0.94 ALDH1A1 (0.30)
Formic Acid SCHEMBL29140393 0.94
Formic Acid SCHEMBL9456224 0.94 ALDH1A1 (0.30)
Formic Acid SCHEMBL4302038 0.93 ALDH1A1 (0.38)
Formic Acid SCHEMBL3471016 0.88

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 6651 patents — a generic fragment claimed broadly, so it's down-weighted as IP noise. Top by claim status then date:

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
CN-116031504-B Aqueous zinc ion battery electrolyte DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CN) 2026-05-26 CN claimed
EP-4734970-A1 COMPOSITION COMPRISING HINOKITIOL AND ZINC SALT FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF HERPES LABIALIS AAA Investments B.V. (NL) 2026-05-06 EP claimed
EP-3570977-B1 A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A MOLDING COMPRISING ZINC AND A TITANIUM-CONTAINING ZEOLITE BASF SE (DE) 2026-04-08 EP claimed
WO-2025242659-A1 ADDITIVE COMPOSITION FOR AUTOMATIC DISHWASHING RECKITT BENCKISER FINISH B.V. (NL) 2025-11-27 WO claimed
US-20250354267-A1 HIGH-TEMPERATURE RESISTANT NANO-COPPER PRODUCED BY LASER DIRECT WRITING, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (CN) 2025-11-20 US claimed
EP-4650443-A1 STABILIZED LIQUID DEAMIDASE COMPOSITIONS Novozymes A/S (DK) 2025-11-19 EP claimed
EP-4648749-A1 MULTI-COMPONENT INTRAVAGINAL RING THE POPULATION COUNCIL, INC. (US) 2025-11-19 EP claimed
US-12476287-B2 Dual electrolyte approach for high voltage batteries URBAN ELECTRIC POWER INC. (US) 2025-11-18 US claimed
WO-2025233391-A1 STABILIZED LIQUID DEAMIDASE COMPOSITIONS NOVOZYMES A/S (DK) 2025-11-13 WO claimed
WO-2025233389-A1 STABILIZED LIQUID DEAMIDASE COMPOSITIONS NOVOZYMES A/S (DK) 2025-11-13 WO claimed
EP-0047318-A1 PROCESS FOR IMPROVED GLASS ARTICLE COATING, AND SUCH COATED ARTICLES LAM PARTNERSHIP (US) 1982-03-17 EP claimed
WO-1981002572-A1 PROCESS FOR IMPROVED GLASS ARTICLE COATING,AND SUCH COATED ARTICLES LAM PARTNERSHIP (US) 1981-09-17 WO claimed
US-4289816-A Process for improved glass article coating, and such coated articles LAM PARTNERSHIP (US) 1981-09-15 US claimed
US-4022804-A ADDITION REACTION; SULFONIC ACID BROMIDES, UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (DT) 1977-05-10 US claimed
US-4013478-A GLASS SURFACE COATED WITH WATER-SOLUBLE ZINC COMPOUND JENAER GLASWERK SCHOTT & GEN. (DT) 1977-03-22 US claimed
US-3997319-A A ZINC CARBOXYLATE, AMMONIA STANDARD OIL COMPANY (INDIANA) (US) 1976-12-14 US claimed
US-3969434-A OLEFIN E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (US) 1976-07-13 US claimed
US-3964255-A Method of inflating an automobile passenger restraint bag SPECIALTY PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (US) 1976-06-22 US claimed
US-3965068-A Smoke retardant vinyl chloride and vinylidene chloride polymer compositions THE B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY (US) 1976-06-22 US claimed
US-3941822-A Process for the preparation of methylene-bridged diaryl isocyanates OLIN CORPORATION (US) 1976-03-02 US claimed