Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 4B422HUD6H · registered name 3-NITRO-P-CRESOL · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · Canada · China · European Union · South Korea
Source: Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · prohibited in cosmetics
Restriction II/250 · Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 2042-14-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 218-044-6
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID90879085
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID801017103
- IUPAC
- 4-Methyl-3-nitrophenol
- Molecular formula
- C7H7NO3
- Molecular weight
- 153.137 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Melting/freezing point
- 79~81 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 6320000 ㎜Hg (@ 25 °C)
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 1 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.
- Dye1
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
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 12
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata