IMPPAT Phytochemical information: 
Glycolic acid

Glycolic acid
Summary

SMILES: OCC(=O)O
InChI: InChI=1S/C2H4O3/c3-1-2(4)5/h3H,1H2,(H,4,5)
InChIKey: AEMRFAOFKBGASW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
DeepSMILES: OCC=O)O
Functional groups: CC(=O)O; CO
Chemical classification
ClassyFire Kingdom: Organic compounds
ClassyFire Superclass: Organic acids and derivatives
ClassyFire Class: Hydroxy acids and derivatives
ClassyFire Subclass: Alpha hydroxy acids and derivatives
Synonymous chemical names:
glycolic acid, glycolic-acid, glycollic acid, hydroxyacetic acid
External chemical identifiers:
CID:757; ChEMBL:CHEMBL252557; ChEBI:17497; ZINC:ZINC000004658557; FDASRS:0WT12SX38S; SureChEMBL:SCHEMBL1222; MolPort-000-871-981
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Glycolic acid
Physicochemical properties
Property name Tool Property value
Molecular weight (g/mol) RDKit 0
Log P RDKit 0
Topological polar surface area (Å2) RDKit
Number of hydrogen bond acceptors RDKit
Number of hydrogen bond donors RDKit
Number of carbon atoms RDKit
Number of heavy atoms RDKit
Number of heteroatoms RDKit
Number of nitrogen atoms RDKit
Number of sulfur atoms RDKit
Number of chiral carbon atoms RDKit
Stereochemical complexity RDKit 0
Number of sp hybridized carbon atoms RDKit
Number of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit
Number of sp3 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit
Shape complexity RDKit
Number of rotatable bonds RDKit
Number of aliphatic carbocycles RDKit
Number of aliphatic heterocycles RDKit
Number of aliphatic rings RDKit
Number of aromatic carbocycles RDKit
Number of aromatic heterocycles RDKit
Number of aromatic rings RDKit
Total number of rings RDKit
Number of saturated carbocycles RDKit
Number of saturated heterocycles RDKit
Number of saturated rings RDKit
Number of Smallest Set of Smallest Rings (SSSR) RDKit


Glycolic acid
Drug-likeness properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Number of Lipinski’s rule of 5 violations RDKit 0
Lipinski’s rule of 5 filter RDKit Passed
Number of Ghose filter violations RDKit 4
Ghose filter RDKit Failed
Veber filter RDKit Good
Pfizer 3/75 filter RDKit Bad
GSK 4/400 filter RDKit Good
Weighted quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (QEDw) score RDKit 0.4236


Glycolic acid
ADMET properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Bioavailability score SwissADME 0.85
Solubility class [ESOL] SwissADME Highly soluble
Solubility class [Silicos-IT] SwissADME Soluble
Blood Brain Barrier permeation SwissADME No
Gastrointestinal absorption SwissADME High
Log Kp (Skin permeation, cm/s) SwissADME -7.55
Number of PAINS structural alerts SwissADME 0.0
Number of Brenk structural alerts SwissADME 0.0
CYP1A2 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP2C19 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP2C9 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP2D6 inhibitor SwissADME No
CYP3A4 inhibitor SwissADME No
P-glycoprotein substrate SwissADME No


Glycolic acid
Predicted human target proteins
Protein identifierHGNC symbolCombined score from STITCH database
ENSP00000228476DAO958
ENSP00000302620AGXT973
ENSP00000311095CYP4A11800
ENSP00000313432GRHPR978
ENSP00000316339HAO2915
ENSP00000330918PGP923
ENSP00000360958CYP4A22800
ENSP00000368066HAO1963
ENSP00000377192G6PD958
The human target proteins were predicted using STITCH, a database of Chemical-Protein interaction networks.