Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 12IMO9R11X · registered name BENZOXONIUM CHLORIDE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
Safety & regulatory references
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
BENZOXONIUM CHLORIDEINCI벤즈옥소늄클로라이드Korean label name (MFDS standard)Benzenemethanaminium, N-dodecyl-N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-, chlorideSynonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 19379-90-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 243-008-1
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID3041906
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID1021906
- IUPAC
- N-Benzyl-N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)dodecan-1-aminium chloride
- Molecular formula
- C23H42ClNO2
- Molecular weight
- 400.04 g/mol
Measured properties
- Melting/freezing point
- 108 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 647.74 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 1.46E-16 ㎜Hg
- Water solubility
- 200 ㎎/ℓ
- Vapour density
- 13.808767690714534
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 1.39
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.
- Biocide1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- It is not always chlorhexidine: Identification of benzoxonium chloride and lauramine oxide as culprit allergens in a popular antiseptic in Switzerland · 2023
- Antileishmanial activity and immune modulatory effects of benzoxonium chloride and its entrapped forms in niosome on Leishmania tropica · 2019
- Antileishmanial Activity of Niosomal Combination Forms of Tioxolone along with Benzoxonium Chloride against Leishmania tropica · 2019
- The topical treatment of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis with the tincture of thioxolone plus benzoxonium chloride (Thio‐Ben) along with cryotherapy: a single‐blind randomized clinical trial · 2015
- Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from alkylammonium amidobenzoate. · 2001
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- 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