6-Methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazine-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide had particularly favourable taste characteristics and was relatively easy to synthesize, so it was singled out for further research, and received its generic name (acesulfame-K) from the World Health Organization in 1978.
Po nesreči je Clauss potopil prst v kemikalijo s katero je delal in polizal prst da bi lažje pobral kos papirja.