13. Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds
Oxidizing Agent
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Problem 24b
Textbook Question
Textbook QuestionLipoic acid is often found near the active sites of enzymes, usually bound to the peptide by a long, flexible amide linkage with a lysine residue.
(a) Is lipoic acid a mild oxidizing agent or a mild reducing agent? Draw it in both its oxidized and reduced forms. (b) Show how lipoic acid might react with two Cys residues to form a disulfide bridge. (c) Give a balanced equation for the hypothetical oxidation or reduction, as you predicted in part (a), of an aldehyde by lipoic acid.Verified Solution
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