Inventors:
Ronald E. Barnett - Suffern NY
Paul R. Zanno - Nanuet NY
Glenn M. Roy - Garnerville NY
Assignee:
General Foods Corporation - White Plains NY
International Classification:
C07C 6974
C07K 506
Abstract:
Dipeptides of certain. alpha. -amino dicarboxylic acids and etherified hydroxy. alpha. -amino-mono-carboxylic acid esters possess a high order of sweetness. These dipeptides have the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl containing 1-3 carbon atoms; R. sub. 1 is cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, lower alkyl substituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl, bicycloalkyl, bicycloalkenyl or tricycloalkyl containing up to 10 ring carbon atoms and up to a total of 12 carbon atoms; R. sub. 2 and R. sub. 4 are each H or alkyl containing 1-3 carbon atoms; R. sub. 3 is H, alkyl containing 1-6 carbon atoms or cycloalkyl containing 3-5 ring carbons; n=0, 1 or 2; and m=0 or 1; and food acceptable salts thereof.