
Zinc Database
Gives you programmatic access to ZINC's 230+ million purchasable compounds through the CartBlanche22 API. You can search by ZINC ID, run similarity searches with SMILES strings and distance thresholds, pull random compound sets filtered by drug-like or lead-like properties, and grab supplier codes for ordering. The tranche system encodes molecular properties directly in the identifier (H-bond donors, LogP, molecular weight), which is handy for quick filtering. Most useful when you're building docking libraries, hunting for analogs of a hit compound, or need to verify what's actually commercially available before you waste time on virtual screening. The API returns tab-delimited text or JSON, so it's straightforward to pipe into your existing cheminformatics workflow.
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$ npx -y skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill zinc-database --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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ZINC Database
Overview
ZINC is a freely accessible repository of 230M+ purchasable compounds maintained by UCSF. Search by ZINC ID or SMILES, perform similarity searches, download 3D-ready structures for docking, discover analogs for virtual screening and drug discovery.
When to Use This Skill
This skill should be used when:
- Virtual screening: Finding compounds for molecular docking studies
- Lead discovery: Identifying commercially-available compounds for drug development
- Structure searches: Performing similarity or analog searches by SMILES
- Compound retrieval: Looking up molecules by ZINC IDs or supplier codes
- Chemical space exploration: Exploring purchasable chemical diversity
- Docking studies: Accessing 3D-ready molecular structures
- Analog searches: Finding similar compounds based on structural similarity
- Supplier queries: Identifying compounds from specific chemical vendors
- Random sampling: Obtaining random compound sets for screening
Database Versions
ZINC has evolved through multiple versions:
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- github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates
- Categories
- Backend & APIs, Sales & Marketing, Databases
- First seen
- Jun 3, 2026
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