Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
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Chapter 13, Problem 13.53E
Lipoic acid is required by many microorganisms for proper growth. As a disulfide, it functions in the living system by catalyzing certain oxidation reactions and is reduced in the process. Write the structure of the reduction product.
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