Ethyl violet is an organic chloride salt that is the monochloride salt of ethyl violet cation.
Definition
Ethyl violet is an organic chloride salt that is the monochloride salt of ethyl violet cation. Used for inclusion in mixed dye solutions of the iron resorcin fuchsin type for demonstrating elastic fibres. It has a role as a fluorochrome and a histological dye. It contains an ethyl violet cation.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 94UZ9RD7TJ · registered name BASIC VIOLET 4 · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · China · European Union · South Korea · Taiwan · United Kingdom
Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex II (prohibited substances), entry 1271
Restriction II/1271 · Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Basic Violet 1, Basic Violet 3 and Basic Violet 4
CIR reviewed this ingredient and flagged its status as: Insufficient data ingredients with no uses reported to FDA's Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP) (insufficient data or use not supported — CIR's own classification, not a full safety-as-used conclusion).
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name 塩基性紫４: 本品は、次の化学式で表されるトリフェニルメタン系頭髪用色素である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 2390-59-2
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 219-231-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID5038913
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID3018913
- IUPAC
- 4-{Bis[4-(diethylamino)phenyl]methylidene}-N,N-diethylcyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-iminium chloride
- Molecular formula
- C31H42ClN3
- Molecular weight
- 492.15 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Liquid · Olive green powder, [Acros Organics MSDS]
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
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.
- Dye5
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 20
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- EU prohibited substances (Annex II)
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- PubChem 2
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- Tlooto literature search 2
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata