sodium cyclamate
Also known as E952iv, ciclamato de sodio
Cyclamate is an artificial sweetener. It is 30–50 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar), making it the least potent of the commercially used artificial sweeteners. It is often used with other artificial sweeteners, especially saccharin; the mixture of 10 parts cyclamate to 1 part saccharin is common and masks the off-tastes of both sweeteners. It is less expensive than most sweeteners, including sucralose, and is stable under heating. Safety concerns led to it being banned in a few countries, though the European Union considers it safe.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H12NNaO3S
- Molecular weight
- 201.22 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- sodium N-sulfonatocyclohexanamine
- SMILES
- C1CCC(CC1)N[S-](=O)(=O)=O.[Na+]
- InChIKey
- UDIPTWFVPPPURJ-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- Polar surface area
- 64.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Cyclamate is an artificial sweetener. It is 30–50 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar), making it the least potent of the commercially used artificial sweeteners. It is often used with other artificial sweeteners, especially saccharin; the mixture of 10 parts cyclamate to 1 part saccharin is common and masks the off-tastes of both sweeteners. It is less expensive than most sweeteners, including sucralose, and is stable under heating. Safety concerns led to it being banned in a few countries, though the European Union considers it safe.
==Chemistry== Cyclamate is the sodium or calcium salt of cyclamic acid (cyclohexanesulfamic acid), which itself is prepared by reacting freebase cyclohexylamine with either sulfamic acid or sulfur trioxide.