Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 11CF2E3HNG · registered name SORBIC ALCOHOL · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- International fragrance standard (IFRA)
Source: IFRA fragrance standards
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 111-28-4
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 203-853-9
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID8047632
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID6027632
- IUPAC
- Hexa-2,4-dien-1-ol
- Molecular formula
- C6H10O
- Molecular weight
- 98.145 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Colour
- colourless
- Molecular weight
- 98.1448
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 3 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Flavouring and nutrient2
- Fragrance1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 1 studies
- SkinIrr2
Skin Irritation · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 11
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- IFRA fragrance standards
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata