Question

The artificial sweetener sucralose is a derivative of sucrose with the formal name 1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-β-D-fructofuranosyl-4-chloro-4-deoxy-α-D-galactopyranoside. Draw its structure.

Short answer

Sucralose is an artificial sweetener with the formal name 1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-β-D-fructofuranosyl-4-chloro-4- deoxy-α-D-galactopyranoside.

Step-by-step solution

Sucralose artificial sweetener

Sucralose is a zero-calorie artificial sweetener produced in the laboratory by modifying its original sugar through a multistep chemical process.

Modified structure of sucrose

In sucrose sugar has been modified in three OH and are replaced with chlorine atoms by a multi-step chemical process and produced sucralose.

Sucralose structure is shown in the diagram.