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HRID 1182393Generated: October 26, 2026

3,3-Dimethylbutanal → Aspartame

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant3,3-DimethylbutanalHCID 76335—
ReactantBisulfiteHCID 104748—
ReactantNeotameHCID 9810996—
ProductAspartameHCID 134601—
ProductNeotameHCID 9810996—

Reaction Steps

In a second embodiment of the present invention, neotame is synthesized by first hydrolyzing a bisulfite adduct of 3,3-dimethylbutyraldehyde with a base in a solvent or a mixture of solvents and then adding aspartame under hydrogenation conditions with a catalyst to produce neotame.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07288670B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2007_10
ORD IDord-0685e0a65b59469ea9acb5675020bba2
Source noteuspto-grants-2007_10