Douxan

Structural formula
General
Surname	Douxan
other names	1-ethoxy-2-amino-4-nitrobenzene ( IUPAC ); 1-ethoxy-4-nitro-2-aniline; 5-nitro- o -phenetidine;
Molecular formula	C 8 H 10 N 2 O 3
Brief description	Intense yellow solid
External identifiers / databases
PubChem	8702
Wikidata	Q27293555
properties
Molar mass	182.18 g mol −1
Melting point	97 ° C
safety instructions
GHS hazard labeling ; no classification available
GHS hazard labeling ; no classification available
	As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Douxan is an artificial sweetener. Douxan is intensely yellow in color and has a melting point of 97 ° C. The sweetening power is around 1000 sucrose equivalents.

Due to its toxicity, the substance has not been in commercial use since the 1950s.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Luxury foods containing alkaloid, spices, table salt . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-46225-2 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.
↑ Claudia Bauer: Intensive sweeteners in relation to tumor development. 2011, accessed July 19, 2019 .
↑ Grupp, G., u. R. Bilger: Toxicity of the sweetener Neo-Douxan (1-nitro-3-amino-4-phenylethyl ether) . Drug research 1, 326 (1951).
^ Karl Herrmann: Artificial sweeteners . In: Alkaloid-containing luxury foods, spices, table salt (= Handbook of Food Chemistry ). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg 1970, ISBN 978-3-642-46225-2 , pp. 720-740 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-642-46225-2_16 .

[J._Schormüller-1] Luxury foods containing alkaloid, spices, table salt . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-46225-2 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[NV-2] This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.

[3] Claudia Bauer: Intensive sweeteners in relation to tumor development. 2011, accessed July 19, 2019 .

[4] Grupp, G., u. R. Bilger: Toxicity of the sweetener Neo-Douxan (1-nitro-3-amino-4-phenylethyl ether) . Drug research 1, 326 (1951).

[5] Karl Herrmann: Artificial sweeteners . In: Alkaloid-containing luxury foods, spices, table salt (= Handbook of Food Chemistry ). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg 1970, ISBN 978-3-642-46225-2 , pp. 720-740 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-642-46225-2_16 .