γ-Lipoic Acid

CAS: 462-20-4

Ref. TR-L468755

Product Information

• Name: γ-Lipoic Acid
• Synonyms: Octanoic acid, 6,?8-?dimercapto-, 6,8-Dimercaptooctanoic acid, (±)-Dihydro-a-lipoic acid, (±)-Dihydrolipoic acid, 6,8-Dihydrothioctic acid, 6,8-Dithiooctanoic acid, DL-Dihydro-a-lipoic acid, Dihydrothioctic acid, Reduced lipoic acid, Reduced thioctic acid, Thioctic acid, dihydro-, dl-Dihydrolipoic acid, a-Lipoic acid, dihydro-, ?-Lipoic acid, Thioctic Acid Impurity 2, (±)-Dihydro-α-lipoic acid, 6,8-Disulfanyloctanoic Acid, <span class="text-smallcaps">DL</span>-Dihydro-α-lipoic acid, DL-a-Lipoic Acid, Dihydro-, Dihydrolipoate, Dihydrolipoic acid, Lipoic acid, dihydro-, Octanoic acid, 6,8-dimercapto-, Thioctic acid, dihydro-, Usaf Xr-12, dl-Dihydro-alpha-6-thioctic acid, α-Lipoic acid, dihydro-, γ-Lipoic acid

Description

Applications γ-Lipoic Acid, is a metabolite of α-Lipoic Acid (L468730), which is a over-the-counter nutritional supplements, that has been used as antioxidant. It is also fat-metabolism stimulator, and thus used a "weight loss" and "energy" supplement.
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• Brand: TRC

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 208.3414
• Formula: H₂O(C₈H₁₄OS₂)n
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C8H16O2S2/c9-8(10)4-2-1-3-7(12)5-6-11/h7,11-12H,1-6H2,(H,9,10)
• InChI key: InChIKey=IZFHEQBZOYJLPK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: O=C(O)CCCCC(S)CCS