| Lipoamide | |
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5-(1,2-dithiolan-3-yl)pentanamide |
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| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | 940-69-2 |
| PubChem | 6992093 |
| ChemSpider | 5360246 |
| MeSH | lipoamide |
| Jmol-3D images | Image 1 |
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| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | C8H15NOS2 |
| Molar mass | 205.34 g mol−1 |
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| Infobox references | |
Lipoamide is a trivial name for 6,8-dithiooctanoic amide. It is 6,8-dithiooctanoic acid's functional form where the carboxyl group is attached to protein (or any other amine) by an amide linkage (containing -NH2). Sometimes lipoamide is used to refer to protein bound lipoic acid, but this can be misleading as this is technically incorrect. Lipoyl-protein or lipoyl-domain are better terms to refer to protein bound lipoic acid.
There are no reported occurrences of free lipoamide in nature.