Bromocresolgreen is a member of benzofurans.
Definition
Bromocresolgreen is a member of benzofurans.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 8YGN0Y942M · registered name BROMOCRESOL GREEN · single chemical substance
Bromocresol Green is a colour additive that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- ASEAN · China · Taiwan
- Allowed colourant
- ASEAN · Taiwan · United Kingdom
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
Argentina · Brazil
- Field of application and/or use : Dye Substances allowed exclusively in products that have short time of skin and hair contact.
European Union
- Product Type, body parts : Rinse-off products
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex IV (allowed colourants), entry 152 · maximum concentration Rinse-off products
Source: EU allowed colourants (Annex IV)
Restriction IV/152 · Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 76-60-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 200-972-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID9044459
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID7024459
- IUPAC
- 3,3-Bis(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxy-2-methylphenyl)-2,1lambda~6~-benzoxathiole-1,1(3H)-dione
- Molecular formula
- C21H14Br4O5S
- Molecular weight
- 698.01 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Melting/freezing point
- 218.5 ℃
- Vapour density
- 24.09
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 7.860 (est.)
- Molecular weight
- 698.014
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 2 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.
- Dye2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
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Linked databases 22
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU allowed colourants (Annex IV)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3 4
- PubChem
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- 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
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