Cat Number: CHE22839470

Aspartame

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CAS Number

22839-47-0

Synonyms

Nutrasweet
Asp-phe-ome
Canderel

Description

Commonly used as an artificial sweetener. It has a role as a sweetening agent, a nutraceutical, a micronutrient, a xenobiotic, an environmental contaminant, an apoptosis inhibitor and an EC 3.1.3.1 (alkaline phosphatase) inhibitor. It is a dipeptide, a carboxylic acid and a methyl ester. It is functionally related to a L-aspartic acid and a methyl L-phenylalaninate. It is a tautomer of an aspartame zwitterion.

Molecular Weight

294.3

Molecular Formula

C14H18N2O5

EINECS

245-261-3

SMILES

COC(=O)C(CC1=CC=CC=C1)NC(=O)C(CC(=O)O)N

Appearance

White, odourless, crystalline powder having a sweet taste

Boiling Point

about 190 and 245-247