4-Ethylbenzaldehyde is a carbonyl compound.
Definition
4-Ethylbenzaldehyde is a carbonyl compound.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 289PPW3SG4 · registered name 4-ETHYLBENZALDEHYDE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- 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
- 4748-78-1
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 225-268-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID0047080
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID8027080
- IUPAC
- 4-Ethylbenzaldehyde
- Molecular formula
- C9H10O
- Molecular weight
- 134.178 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- colourless to pale yellow liquid with a sweet, bitter-almond odour · liquid
- Boiling point
- 220.00 to 222.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg · 220 °C
- Solubility
- insoluble in water, soluble in organic solvents, oils · miscible at room temperature (in ethanol)
- Density
- 0.980-1.000
- Colour
- colourless
- Melting/freezing point
- 5 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 222 ℃
- Flash point
- 99 ℃
- Vapour density
- 4.6
- Relative density
- 0.979
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 2.75
- Molecular weight
- 134.18
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: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 5 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.
- Fragrance3
- Flavouring and nutrient2
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
Related literature
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- IFRA fragrance standards
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- Tlooto literature search 2
- 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
- Wikipedia · English · Chinese