Dihydrolipoic acid
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DHLA
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Preferred IUPAC name
6,8-Bis(sulfanyl)octanoic acid[1] | |
Other names
6,8-Dimercaptooctanoic acid
Reduced lipoic acid | |
Identifiers | |
3D model (
JSmol ) |
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ChEBI | |
ChEMBL | |
ChemSpider | |
ECHA InfoCard
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100.120.390 |
IUPHAR/BPS |
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KEGG | |
MeSH | Dihydrolipoic+acid |
PubChem CID
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UNII | |
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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Properties | |
C8H16O2S2 | |
Molar mass | 208.33 g·mol−1 |
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
optically active
, but only the R-enantiomer is biochemically significant. The lipoic acid/dihydrolipoic acid pair participate in a variety of biochemical transformations.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
The prefixes 'mercapto' (–SH), and 'hydroseleno' or selenyl (–SeH), etc. are no longer recommended.