speck76
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Saccharin, the first artificial sweetener to be discovered, is chemically classified as an O-toluene sulfonamide derivative. It was originally synthesized from toluene, a colorless liquid hydrocarbon distilled from coal tar, which may account for saccharin’s bitter, metallic aftertaste. Toluene is also used in the manufacture of certain dyes, pharmaceutical drugs and trinitrotoluene, the blasting agent more commonly known as TNT.