IMPPAT Phytochemical information: 
4-Methylpentanoic acid

4-Methylpentanoic acid
Summary

SMILES: CC(CCC(=O)O)C
InChI: InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-5(2)3-4-6(7)8/h5H,3-4H2,1-2H3,(H,7,8)
InChIKey: FGKJLKRYENPLQH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
DeepSMILES: CCCCC=O)O))))C
Functional groups: CC(=O)O
Chemical classification
ClassyFire Kingdom: Organic compounds
ClassyFire Superclass: Lipids and lipid-like molecules
ClassyFire Class: Fatty Acyls
ClassyFire Subclass: Fatty acids and conjugates
NP Classifier Biosynthetic pathway: Fatty acids
NP Classifier Superclass: Fatty Acids and Conjugates
NP Classifier Class: Branched fatty acids
Synonymous chemical names:
Isocaproic acid, isocaproic acid, 4-methyl-pentanoic-acid
External chemical identifiers:
CID:CID_12587; ChEMBL:CHEMBL1230308; ChEBI:CHEBI:74903; ZINC:ZINC000000391113; FDASRS:4G4U8JA28T; SureChEMBL:SCHEMBL25603; MolPort-001-788-350
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4-Methylpentanoic acid
Physicochemical properties
Property name Tool Property value
Molecular weight (g/mol) RDKit 116.16
Log P RDKit 1.51
Topological polar surface area (Å2) RDKit 37.3
Number of hydrogen bond acceptors RDKit 1
Number of hydrogen bond donors RDKit 1
Number of carbon atoms RDKit 6
Number of heavy atoms RDKit 8
Number of heteroatoms RDKit 2
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 1
Number of sp3 hybridized carbon atoms RDKit 5
Shape complexity RDKit 0.83
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 0
Number of aromatic heterocycles RDKit 0
Number of aromatic rings RDKit 0
Total number of rings RDKit 0
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 0


4-Methylpentanoic 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 2
Ghose rule RDKit Failed
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 0.61


4-Methylpentanoic acid
ADME properties
Property nameToolProperty value
Bioavailability score SwissADME 0.85
Solubility class [ESOL] SwissADME Very soluble
Solubility class [Silicos-IT] SwissADME Soluble
Blood Brain Barrier permeation SwissADME Yes
Gastrointestinal absorption SwissADME High
Log Kp (Skin permeation, cm/s) SwissADME -6.01
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


4-Methylpentanoic acid
Human target proteins
Protein identifierHGNC symbolCombined score from STITCH database
ENSP00000443459BCAT1828
ENSP00000318351BCKDHB707
The human target proteins were predicted using STITCH, a database of Chemical-Protein interaction networks.