Welcome to ZINC, a free database of commercially-available compounds for virtual screening. ZINC contains over 10 million compounds in ready-to-dock, 3D formats. ZINC is provided by the Shoichet Laboratory in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). To cite ZINC, please reference: Irwin and Shoichet, J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2005;45(1):177-82 PDF, DOI. We thank NIGMS for financial support (GM71896).

News:

• Jan 1-31: ZINC8 release is in progress. You may access it now, but caveat emptor!
• Dec 1: We are asking for 54 seconds of your time to hear your opinion.
• 2007 news roundup:
  • Errata page on-line. Some problems have been fixed.
  • New vendors, new compounds, new design! Read the release notes.
• Old versions of ZINC are still available: ZINC 7 (2007), ZINC 6 (2006), ZINC 5 (2005).

Caveat Emptor: We do not guarantee the quality of any molecule for any purpose and take no responsibility for errors arising from the use of this database. ZINC is provided in the hope that it will be useful, but you must use it at your own risk.

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