IMPPAT Phytochemical information: 
Ascorbic acid

Ascorbic acid
Summary

SMILES: OC[C@@H]([C@H]1OC(=O)C(=C1O)O)O
InChI: InChI=1S/C6H8O6/c7-1-2(8)5-3(9)4(10)6(11)12-5/h2,5,7-10H,1H2/t2-,5+/m0/s1
InChIKey: CIWBSHSKHKDKBQ-JLAZNSOCSA-N
DeepSMILES: OC[C@@H][C@H]OC=O)C=C5O))O)))))O
Scaffold Graph/Node/Bond level: O=C1C=CCO1
Scaffold Graph/Node level: OC1CCCO1
Scaffold Graph level: CC1CCCC1
Functional groups: CO; O=C1OCC(O)=C1O
Chemical classification
ClassyFire Kingdom: Organic compounds
ClassyFire Superclass: Organoheterocyclic compounds
ClassyFire Class: Dihydrofurans
ClassyFire Subclass: Furanones
NP Classifier Biosynthetic pathway: Polyketides
Synonymous chemical names:
ascorbic acid, l-ascorbic acid, c vitamin, ascorbate, ascorbic-acid, vitamin c
External chemical identifiers:
CID:CID_54670067; ChEMBL:CHEMBL196; ChEBI:CHEBI:29073; ZINC:ZINC000100006770; FDASRS:PQ6CK8PD0R; SureChEMBL:SCHEMBL785; MolPort-001-792-501
Chemical structure download


Ascorbic acid
Physicochemical properties
Property name Tool Property value
Molecular weight (g/mol) RDKit 176.12
Log P RDKit -1.41
Topological polar surface area (Å2) RDKit 107.22
Number of hydrogen bond acceptors RDKit 6
Number of hydrogen bond donors RDKit 4
Number of carbon atoms RDKit 6
Number of heavy atoms RDKit 12
Number of heteroatoms RDKit 6
Number of nitrogen atoms RDKit 0
Number of sulfur atoms RDKit 0
Number of chiral carbon atoms RDKit 2
Stereochemical complexity RDKit 0.33
Number of sp hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 0
Number of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 3
Number of sp3 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 3
Shape complexity RDKit 0.5
Number of rotatable bonds RDKit 2
Number of aliphatic carbocycles RDKit 0
Number of aliphatic heterocycles RDKit 1
Number of aliphatic rings RDKit 1
Number of aromatic carbocycles RDKit 0
Number of aromatic heterocycles RDKit 0
Number of aromatic rings RDKit 0
Total number of rings RDKit 1
Number of saturated carbocycles RDKit 0
Number of saturated heterocycles RDKit 0
Number of saturated rings RDKit 0
Number of Smallest Set of Smallest Rings (SSSR) RDKit 1


Ascorbic 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 2
Ghose filter RDKit Failed
Veber filter RDKit Good
Pfizer 3/75 filter RDKit Good
GSK 4/400 filter RDKit Good
Weighted quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (QEDw) score RDKit 0.385005


Ascorbic acid
ADME properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Bioavailability score SwissADME 0.56
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 -8.54
Number of PAINS structural alerts SwissADME 0
Number of Brenk structural alerts SwissADME 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