IMPPAT Phytochemical information: 
Ferulic acid

Ferulic acid
Summary

SMILES: COc1cc(/C=C/C(=O)O)ccc1O
InChI: InChI=1S/C10H10O4/c1-14-9-6-7(2-4-8(9)11)3-5-10(12)13/h2-6,11H,1H3,(H,12,13)/b5-3+
InChIKey: KSEBMYQBYZTDHS-HWKANZROSA-N
DeepSMILES: COccc/C=C/C=O)O))))ccc6O
Scaffold Graph/Node/Bond level: c1ccccc1
Scaffold Graph/Node level: C1CCCCC1
Scaffold Graph level: C1CCCCC1
Functional groups: cOC; c/C=C/C(=O)O; cO
Chemical classification
ClassyFire Kingdom: Organic compounds
ClassyFire Superclass: Phenylpropanoids and polyketides
ClassyFire Class: Cinnamic acids and derivatives
ClassyFire Subclass: Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives
NP Classifier Biosynthetic pathway: Shikimates and Phenylpropanoids
NP Classifier Superclass: Phenylpropanoids (C6-C3)
NP Classifier Class: Cinnamic acids and derivatives
Synonymous chemical names:
ferulic acid, trans-, trans-ferulic acid, ferulic-acid, trans-ferulate, Ferulic acid, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy cinamic, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid, ferulate, ferulic acid, Ferulic acid, trans-, Ferulic acid,trans-, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-cinnamic-acid
External chemical identifiers:
CID:CID_445858; ChEMBL:CHEMBL32749; ChEBI:CHEBI:17620; ZINC:ZINC000000058258; FDASRS:AVM951ZWST; SureChEMBL:SCHEMBL15673; MolPort-000-490-395
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Ferulic acid
Physicochemical properties
Property name Tool Property value
Molecular weight (g/mol) RDKit 194.19
Log P RDKit 1.5
Topological polar surface area (Å2) RDKit 66.76
Number of hydrogen bond acceptors RDKit 3
Number of hydrogen bond donors RDKit 2
Number of carbon atoms RDKit 10
Number of heavy atoms RDKit 14
Number of heteroatoms RDKit 4
Number of nitrogen atoms RDKit 0
Number of sulfur atoms RDKit 0
Number of chiral carbon atoms RDKit 0
Stereochemical complexity RDKit 0
Number of sp hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 0
Number of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 9
Number of sp3 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 1
Shape complexity RDKit 0.1
Number of rotatable bonds RDKit 3
Number of aliphatic carbocycles RDKit 0
Number of aliphatic heterocycles RDKit 0
Number of aliphatic rings RDKit 0
Number of aromatic carbocycles RDKit 1
Number of aromatic heterocycles RDKit 0
Number of aromatic rings RDKit 1
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


Ferulic acid
Drug-likeness properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Number of Lipinski’s rule of 5 violations RDKit 0
Lipinski’s rule of 5 RDKit Passed
Number of Ghose rule violations RDKit 0
Ghose rule RDKit Passed
Veber rule RDKit Good
Egan rule RDKit Good
GSK 4/400 rule RDKit Good
Pfizer 3/75 rule RDKit Bad
Weighted quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (QEDw) score RDKit 0.72


Ferulic acid
ADME properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Bioavailability score SwissADME 0.85
Solubility class [ESOL] SwissADME Soluble
Solubility class [Silicos-IT] SwissADME Soluble
Blood Brain Barrier permeation SwissADME Yes
Gastrointestinal absorption SwissADME High
Log Kp (Skin permeation, cm/s) SwissADME -6.41
Number of PAINS structural alerts SwissADME 0
Number of Brenk structural alerts SwissADME 1
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


Ferulic acid
Human target proteins