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What type of molecule is aspartame?

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What type of molecule is aspartame?

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Reb is only partially correct. The molecule is generically called a peptide or more specifically a dipeptide since it is composed of the two amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine. The acid portion of the phenylalanine component is also a methyl ester. Hope this helps.

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