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T8260

Lipoic acid, reduced

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

(±)-6,8-Dimercaptooctanoic acid, (±)-Dihydrolipoic acid, DL-6,8-Thioctic acid, reduced, DHLA

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H16O2S2
CAS Number:
462-20-4
Molecular Weight:
208.34
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329826876
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
MDL number:
MFCD00166974

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InChI

1S/C8H16O2S2/c9-8(10)4-2-1-3-7(12)5-6-11/h7,11-12H,1-6H2,(H,9,10)

SMILES string

OC(=O)CCCCC(S)CCS

InChI key

IZFHEQBZOYJLPK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

grade

analytical standard

assay

≥98%

form

liquid

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
forensics and toxicology
personal care
veterinary

format

neat

Quality Level

100

Application

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Packaging

Sealed ampule.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

348.1 °F - Cleveland open cup

flash_point_c

175.6 °C - Cleveland open cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Lot/Batch Number
0000068261
0000063045
0000005618
0000005692
0000005187

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Kejin Zhuang et al.
PloS one, 13(6), e0199021-e0199021 (2018-06-13)
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Chien-Chou Lin et al.
Scientific reports, 10(1), 2580-2580 (2020-02-15)
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Zhiji Han et al.
Science (New York, N.Y.), 338(6112), 1321-1324 (2012-11-10)
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J Tournebize et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 438(1-2), 107-116 (2012-07-31)
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