IMPPAT Phytochemical information: 
Formic acid

Formic acid
Summary

SMILES: OC=O
InChI: InChI=1S/CH2O2/c2-1-3/h1H,(H,2,3)
InChIKey: BDAGIHXWWSANSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
DeepSMILES: OC=O
Functional groups: O=CO
Chemical classification
ClassyFire Kingdom: Organic compounds
ClassyFire Superclass: Organic acids and derivatives
ClassyFire Class: Carboxylic acids and derivatives
ClassyFire Subclass: Carboxylic acids
Synonymous chemical names:
Formic Acid
External chemical identifiers:
CID:CID_284; ChEMBL:CHEMBL116736; ChEBI:CHEBI:30751; FDASRS:0YIW783RG1; SureChEMBL:SCHEMBL78; Molport-000-871-952
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Formic acid
Physicochemical properties
Property name Tool Property value
Molecular weight (g/mol) RDKit 46.03
Log P RDKit -0.3
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 1
Number of heavy atoms RDKit 3
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 0
Shape complexity RDKit 0
Number of rotatable bonds RDKit 0
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


Formic 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 3
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 0.38


Formic acid
ADME 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 -6.72
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