Lipinski's rule of five

rule of thumb that a compound is likely orally active if it violates at most one of: ≤5 hydrogen bond donors; ≤10 hydrogen bond acceptors; molecular mass of ≤500 Da; octanol-water partition coefficient of ≤5
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Lipinski's rule of five

Summary

Lipinski's rule of five is a rule of thumb[1]. It draws 241 Wikipedia views per month (rule_of_thumb category, ranking #3 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lipinski's rule of five's instance of is recorded as rule of thumb[3].
  • Christopher A. Lipinski is named after Lipinski's rule of five[4].
  • Lipinski's rule of five's start time is recorded as +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Lipinski's rule of five's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03f8mb[6].
  • Lipinski's rule of five's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 41847442[7].
  • Lipinski's rule of five's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C41847442[8].
  • Lipinski's rule of five's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/lipinskis-rule-of-five[9].
  • Lipinski's rule of five's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as nursing-and-health-professions/lipinskis-rule-of-five[10].

Why It Matters

Lipinski's rule of five draws 241 Wikipedia views per month (rule_of_thumb category, ranking #3 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Lipinski's rule of five. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lipinski-s-rule-of-five
MLA “Lipinski's rule of five.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lipinski-s-rule-of-five.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lipinski-s-rule-of-five_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Lipinski's rule of five}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lipinski-s-rule-of-five}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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