A chemist has 
samples of artificial sweetener 
and 
. To identify these samples, he performed certain experiments and noted the following observations:
(i) 
and 
both form blue-violet colour with ninhydrin.
(ii) Lassaigne extract of 
gives positive 
test and negative 
test.
(iii) Lassaigne extract of 
and 
gives positive sodium nitroprusside test. Based on these observations which option is correct?
- Saccharine, 
- Aspartame, 
- Sucralose, 
– Alitame 
- Aspartame, 
- Saccharine, 
- Sucralose, 
– Alitame 
- Saccharine, 
- Aspartame, 
- Alitame, 
– Sucralose 
- Aspartame, 
- Saccharine, 
- Sucralose, 
– Alitame
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(i) 
give positive test with ninhydrin because both have free carboxylic and amine groups.
(ii) 
form precipitate with 
in the lassaigne extract of the sugar because it has chlorine
atoms.
(iii) 
give positive test with sodium nitroprusside because both have sulphur atoms.
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