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Synonyms	3,4-Dihydroxymethylbenzoate Methyl 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate Methyl Protocatechuate
Molecule Category	Free-form
UNII	G72J90268X
Source	Gaulton A, Kale N, van Westen GJ, Bellis LJ, Bento AP, Davies M, Hersey A, Papadatos G, Forster M, Wege P, Overington JP. A large-scale crop protection bioassay data set. Sci Data. 2015 Jul 7;2:150032. Read more ...

Synonyms

3,4-Dihydroxymethylbenzoate

Methyl 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate

Methyl Protocatechuate

Molecule Category

Free-form

UNII

G72J90268X

Source

Gaulton A, Kale N, van Westen GJ, Bellis LJ, Bento AP, Davies M, Hersey A, Papadatos G, Forster M, Wege P, Overington JP. A large-scale crop protection bioassay data set. Sci Data. 2015 Jul 7;2:150032. Read more ...


InChI Key	CUFLZUDASVUNOE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Smiles	COC(=O)c1ccc(O)c(O)c1
InChI	InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-12-8(11)5-2-3-6(9)7(10)4-5/h2-4,9-10H,1H3

InChI Key

CUFLZUDASVUNOE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Smiles

COC(=O)c1ccc(O)c(O)c1

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-12-8(11)5-2-3-6(9)7(10)4-5/h2-4,9-10H,1H3

Property Name	Value
Molecular Formula	C8H8O4
Molecular Weight	168.15
AlogP	1.2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor	4.0
Hydrogen Bond Donor	2.0
Number of Rotational Bond	2.0
Polar Surface Area	66.76
Molecular species	NEUTRAL
Aromatic Rings	1.0
Heavy Atoms	12.0

Property Name

Value

Molecular Formula

C8H8O4

Molecular Weight

168.15

AlogP

1.2

Hydrogen Bond Acceptor

4.0

Hydrogen Bond Donor

2.0

Number of Rotational Bond

2.0

Polar Surface Area

66.76

Molecular species

NEUTRAL

Aromatic Rings

1.0

Heavy Atoms

12.0

	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Oryza sativa	-	-	-	-	75.4

EC50(nM)

IC50(nM)

Kd(nM)

Ki(nM)

Inhibition(%)

Oryza sativa

75.4

Resources	Reference
ChEMBL	CHEMBL486027
FDA SRS	G72J90268X
PubChem	287064
SureChEMBL	SCHEMBL38624
ZINC	ZINC00405329

Resources

Reference

ChEMBL

FDA SRS

PubChem

SureChEMBL

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Ashenafi Legehar, Siobhán Monaghan, Mael Briand, Akseli Niemelä, Leo Ghemtio, Ziaurrehman Tanoli, A Ross Brown, Charles R Tyler, Henri Xhaard, EcoDrug PLUS: an advanced database for drug target conservation analysis and environmental risk assessment, Nucleic Acids Research, 2025, gkaf1251 Read...

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