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Dihydrolipoic acid

Dihydrolipoic acid
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Names
Preferred IUPAC name
6,8-Bis(sulfanyl)octanoic acid
Other names
6,8-Dimercaptooctanoic acid (no longer recommended)
Reduced lipoic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.120.390
KEGG
MeSH Dihydrolipoic+acid
PubChem CID
Properties
C8H16O2S2
Molar mass 208.343
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Dihydrolipoic acid is an organic compound that is the reduced form of lipoic acid. This carboxylic acid features a pair of thiol groups, and therefore is a dithiol. It is optically active, but only the R-enantiomer is biochemically significant. The lipoic acid/dihydrolipoic acid pair participate in a variety of biochemical transformations.


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