Sweetening with L-aminodicarboxylic acid alkenes

摘要

This invention relates to novel sweeteners of the formula: <IMAGE> wherein A is hydroxyalkyl containing 1-3 carbon atoms A' is hydrogen or alkyl containing 1-3 carbon atoms; Y is -(CHR2)n-R1 or -CHR3R4; R1 is cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, bicycloalkyl or bicycloalkenyl containing up to 7 ring carbon atoms and up to a total of 12 carbon atoms; R2 is H or alkyl containing 1-4 carbon atoms; R3 and R4 are each cycloalkyl containing 3-4 ring carbon atoms; n=0 or 1; and m=0 or 1; and food-acceptable salts thereof.