acesulfame potassium

Organic synthetic salt used as a low-calorie sweetener

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
type of chemical entity
Subclass of
6-Methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide potassium salt
Acceptable daily intake
+15, +9[11][12]
Canonical SMILES
CC1=CC(=NS(=O)(=O)O1)[O-].[K+][4]
Chemical formula
C₄H₄KNO₄S[5]
Has characteristic
bitterness[8]
Mass
+200.949810288[10]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C76512[9]
P14541
1bo4S[14]
Physically interacts with
taste receptor type 2[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ace K en E950 en acesulfame potassium en acesulfame K ar أسيسلفام البوتاسيوم cs Acesulfam draselný da Acesulfam K de Acesulfam el ακεσουλφάμη καλίου el Ακεσουλφάμη Κ en-gb acesulfame K en-gb E950 es Acesulfamo K es Acesulfame es Acesulfamo de potasio es Acesulfamo-k es Acesulfamo potásico fa اسسولفام پتاسیم fi asesulfaami K fr acésulfame potassium
🔖 Identifiers · 33
Library of Congress authority ID
sh91001992
GND ID
4276931-0
CAS Registry Number
55589-62-3
ChEBI ID
184415
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL1351474
ChemSpider ID
11262939
CosIng number
79429
DSSTOX compound identifier
DTXCID9010606
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID1030606
Described at URL
www.food-info.net
E number
E950
EC number
259-715-3
Show all 33 identifiers +21
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.054.269
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
333761
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/acesulfame-potassium
Freebase ID
/m/01vsfm
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
acesulfame
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777571313
NALT ID
2300
NSC number
760104
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007553705705171
Open Food Facts food additive ID
e950-acesulfame-k
Probes And Drugs ID
PD000194
PubChem CID
23683747, 11074431
Quora topic ID
Acesulfame-K
RxNorm CUI
1310545
SureChEMBL ID
29354137, 17454392
UniChem compound ID
761941
ZVG number
146162

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Summary

acesulfame potassium is a type of chemical entity[1]. It is a type of 6-Methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide potassium salt[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . The Molecular Receptive Ranges of Human TAS2R Bitter Taste Receptors. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . PubChem. wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . BitterDB. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . diabetes.ca. diabetes.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . bfr.bund.de. Retrieved . bfr.bund.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1bo4S
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → 6-Methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide potassium salt
    Has use → flavor enhancer, excipient
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+200.949810288'}
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007553705705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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