3,3-Dimethylbutanal → Neotame

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U.S. Pat. No. 5,728,862 describes a method comprising treating a solution of aspartame and 3,3-dimethylbutyraldehyde, in an organic solvent with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst as a reducing agent. After removal of the catalyst, water was added to form an aqueous/organic solvent solution containing about 17% to about 30% of the organic solvent, by weight, from which the neotame was obtained by precipitation and filtration.

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