Allyl propionate is a carboxylic ester.
Definition
Allyl propionate is a carboxylic ester.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 0OYW8C5029 · registered name ALLYL PROPIONATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- United Kingdom
Source: EU Cosmetics Regulation · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
European Union
- Other : Level of free allyl alcohol in the ester should be less than 0.1%
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex III (restricted substances), entry 150
Restriction III/150
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 2408-20-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 219-307-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID0047668
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID8027668
- IUPAC
- Prop-2-en-1-yl propanoate
- Molecular formula
- C6H10O2
- Molecular weight
- 114.144 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Colourless liquid with a sharp sour apple/apricot odour
- Boiling point
- 124.00 to 125.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg · 122-123 °C
- Solubility
- (in ethanol)
- Density
- 0.914 (20 °C)
- Melting/freezing point
- -58.21 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 124 ℃
- Flash point
- 33.5 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 133.26 ㎩ ( (at -8.02 °C))
- Water solubility
- 3649 (at 25°C water) ㎎/ℓ
- Vapour density
- 0.914g/cm³ (at 20°C)
- Relative density
- 0.914
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 1.12560
- Viscosity
- 6.24e-01 cP
- Molecular weight
- 114.144
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 7 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.
- Fragrance4
- Flavouring and nutrient3
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 1 eye studies are on record.
The studies disagree (the most common conclusion covers 40%), so they do not establish that this ingredient is irritating. These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 3 studies
- Severe Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: as mentioned below according to - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · equivalent or similar to other guideline: As mentioned below - Severe Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: as mentioned below according to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- EU restricted substances (Annex III)
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3 4
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- 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