2-Hexylidenecyclopentanone is a cyclic ketone.
- Korean limit
- 0.06%
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII GTY12E9096 · registered name 2-HEXYLIDENECYCLOPENTANONE · single chemical substance
2-Hexylidenecyclopentanone is a cyclic ketone.
Source: PubChem
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- International fragrance standard (IFRA) · United Kingdom
Source: EU Cosmetics Regulation · IFRA fragrance standards · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
South Korea
- Maximum concentration : 0.06%
European Union
- Product Type, body parts : (a) Oral products (b) Other products
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : (b) 0.06%
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex III (restricted substances), entry 177 · maximum concentration (b) 0.06% · applies to (a) Oral products (b) Other products
Restriction III/177
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 17373-89-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 241-411-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID50864775
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID00813253
- IUPAC
- 2-Hexylidenecyclopentan-1-one
- Molecular formula
- C11H18O
- Molecular weight
- 166.264 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Pale yellowish oily liquid, powerful warm-floral and green-fruity odour with spicy herbaceous undertones
- Boiling point
- 240 °C
- Solubility
- insoluble in water, soluble in oils · Miscible at room temperature (in ethanol)
- Density
- 0.907-0.914
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 6 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 nutrient3
- Fragrance3
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 14
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- EU restricted substances (Annex III)
- IFRA fragrance standards
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- PubChem 2
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata