Dihydrolipoic acid
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| Preferred IUPAC name
6,8-Bis(sulfanyl)octanoic acid | |
| Other names
6,8-Dimercaptooctanoic acid Reduced lipoic acid | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.120.390 |
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| MeSH | Dihydrolipoic+acid |
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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 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.