Lipoamide

Lipoamide
IUPAC name 5-​(1,​2-​dithiolan-​3-​yl)​pentanamide
Identifiers
CAS number	940-69-2
PubChem	6992093
ChemSpider	5360246 Y
MeSH	lipoamide
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
SMILES O=C(N)CCCC[C@H]1SSCC1
InChI InChI=1S/C8H15NOS2/c9-8(10)4-2-1-3-7-5-6-11-12-7/h7H,1-6H2,(H2,9,10)/t7-/m1/s1 Y Key: FCCDDURTIIUXBY-SSDOTTSWSA-N Y InChI=1/C8H15NOS2/c9-8(10)4-2-1-3-7-5-6-11-12-7/h7H,1-6H2,(H2,9,10)/t7-/m1/s1 Key: FCCDDURTIIUXBY-SSDOTTSWBG
Properties
Molecular formula	C8H15NOS2
Molar mass	205.34 g mol−1
Y (verify) (what is: Y/N?) Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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.

See also

• Lipoic acid