Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII YPJ1YPA54D · registered name BENZOPHENONE-7 · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Absorbs UV (including to protect the product)UV ABSORBER
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
BENZOPHENONE-7INCI벤조페논-7Korean label name (MFDS standard)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 85-19-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 201-592-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID8047894
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID8027870
- IUPAC
- (5-Chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)(phenyl)methanone
- Molecular formula
- C13H9ClO2
- Molecular weight
- 232.66 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Colour
- white
- Melting/freezing point
- 96~98 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 355.5 ℃
- Flash point
- 168.8 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 1.52E-5 ㎜Hg (25°C)
- Water solubility
- 36.09 ㎎/ℓ
- Vapour density
- 8.031066620642044
- Relative density
- 1.3
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 4.62
- Molecular weight
- 232.66
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.
- UV stabilizer1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
Classed as moderate1
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
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- 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