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Saccharin

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

Saccharin, 2,3-Dihydroxy-1,2-benzisothiazol-3-one-1,1-dioxide, 2-Sulfobenzoic acid imide, o-Benzoic sulfimide

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C7H5NO3S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
183.18
Beilstein:
6888
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material
pharmaceutical secondary standard

Quality Level

Agency

traceable to Ph. Eur. S0040000
traceable to USP 1607007

API family

saccharin

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

226-229 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

O=C1NS(=O)(=O)c2ccccc12

InChI

1S/C7H5NO3S/c9-7-5-3-1-2-4-6(5)12(10,11)8-7/h1-4H,(H,8,9)

InChI key

CVHZOJJKTDOEJC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Saccharin is a well-known non-carbohydrate, sulfonyl amide artificial sweetener and is generally used in the form of its calcium or sodium salt. It possesses a sweetening power of about 550 times more than that of saccharose. On losing the acidic imino hydrogen, it forms the corresponding nitro anion, which exhibits interesting coordination chemistry. It offers a bitter and metallic aftertaste which limits its use as an artificial sweetening agent.

Certified pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to in-house working standards.

Application

Saccharin can be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations by chromatographic and spectrophotometric techniques.
These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Biochem/physiol Actions

A sweet tastant for mammals. A glycerol taste receptor binding site specific for glucose has been proposed in drosophila.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP, EP (PhEur) and BP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

Footnote

To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAC3561 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Bitter taste receptors for saccharin and acesulfame K
Kuhn C, et al.
The Journal of Neuroscience, 24(45), 10260-10265 (2004)
Saccharin analysis in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations by derivative ultraviolet spectrophotometry
Vianna-Soares CD and Martins JLS
Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences , 38(4), 471-478 (2002)
Metal complexes of saccharin
Baran EJ and Yilmaz VT
Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 250(15-16), 1980-1999 (2006)
HPLC analysis of aspartame and saccharin in pharmaceutical and dietary formulations.
Di Pietra AM, et al.
Chromatographia, 30(3-4), 215-219 (1990)
D L Arnold et al.
Toxicology, 27(3-4), 179-256 (1983-07-01)
Saccharin, first synthesized in 1879, eventually became popular as an inexpensive substitute for sugar, particularly as a non-caloric sweetner. The dispute concerning the safety of saccharin for human consumption is almost as old as saccharin itself. In this article, the

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