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C12H19Cl3O8
397.6 g/mol
Food Additive

Sucralose

CAS56038-13-2EC259-952-2
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Halocarbon
Primary Use
non-nutritive artificial sweetener

Sucralose is an artificial sweetener used as a non-nutritive sugar substitute. It is produced by selective chlorination of sucrose, resulting in a disaccharide with three chlorine atoms replacing specific hydroxyl groups.

sugar substitute in foods and beveragessweetener in low-calorie and sugar-free productsE955 food additive in the European Union

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

(2R,3R,4R,5R,6R)-2-[(2R,3S,4S,5S)-2,5-bis(chloromethyl)-3,4-dihydroxyoxolan-2-yl]oxy-5-chloro-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4-diol

InChIKey

BAQAVOSOZGMPRM-QBMZZYIRSA-N

SMILES

C([C@@H]1[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]([C@H](O1)O[C@]2([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O2)CCl)O)O)CCl)O)O)Cl)O

Synonyms (38)
  • E-955
  • Sucralose, European Pharmacopoeia (EP)
  • Sucralose, United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
  • Acucar Light
  • Aspasvit
  • E955;Trichlorosucrose
  • INS NO.955
  • SUCRALOSE [MART.]
  • San sweet sa 8020
  • Sansweet su 100
  • Splenda
  • Sucralose
  • Sucralose CRS
  • Sucralose, >=98.0% (HPLC)
  • Sucrazit
  • Trichlorogalacto-sucrose
  • Trichlorosucrose