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he Week 2 Lab challenge it with sweeteners and obesity Current research has shown there may be a relationship between the consumption of sweeteners and the rise in obesity, so this wil be an opportunity to examine the facts and develop an opinion. ease select one of the following sweeteners: Sugar (sucrose) Fructose High Fructose Corn Syrup Stevia Equal Splenda Ace K. Another one that you can find on your own

Solution

1). Splenda

2). Scientist Shashikant Phadnis a chemist in Elizabeth College, London accidentally discovered splenda. He added a chemical with sulfuryl chloride and added drop by drop sugar solution to it. In this reaction, a new compound 1‘, 4, 6, 6‘- tetrachloro - 1‘, 4, 6, 6’ - tetra-deoxygalactosucrose is discovered. He tasted it and recognized that it is sweet. However, the chemical with sulfuryl chloride is highly toxic.

In the next year, two scientists Hough and Phadins worked with the Tate & Lle, a British sugar company and synthesized chlorinated sugars. Finally, one with three chlorine atoms is found to be 600 times sweeter than sugar and is non-toxic. Later, it is named as sucralose (Splenda)

The chemical name of sucralose is, 4,1\',6\'-Trichloro-4,1\',6\'-trideoxygalactosucrose. It is the most widely used artificial sweetener in many countries including the United States.