lugduname
Sign in to saveLugduname (from lat. Lugdunum for Lyon) is one of the most potent sweetening agents known. Lugduname has been estimated to be between 220,000 and 300,000 times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar), with estimates varying between studies. It was developed at the University of Lyon, France in 1996. Lugduname is part of a family of potent sweeteners which contain acetic acid functional groups attached to guanidine.
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- chemical compound
- Mass
- 352.117155
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- chemical formula
- C₁₈H₁₆N₄O₄
- isomeric SMILES
- C1=CC(=C2C(=C1)OCO2)C/N=C(/NCC(=O)O)\NC3=CC=C(C=C3)C#N
- canonical SMILES
- C1OC2=CC=CC(=C2O1)CN=C(NCC(=O)O)NC3=CC=C(C=C3)C#N
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Lugduname (from lat. Lugdunum for Lyon) is one of the most potent sweetening agents known. Lugduname has been estimated to be between 220,000 and 300,000 times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar), with estimates varying between studies. It was developed at the University of Lyon, France in 1996. Lugduname is part of a family of potent sweeteners which contain acetic acid functional groups attached to guanidine.
==See also== Carrelame Sucrononic acid
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