Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII LJ25TI0CVT · registered name CHLOROTHYMOL · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Sodium p-Chloro-m-Cresol, p-Chloro-m-Cresol, Chlorothymol, Mixed Cresols, m-Cresol, o-Cresol, p-Cresol, Isopropyl Cresols, Thymol, o-Cymen-5-ol and Carvacrol
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 89-68-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 201-930-1
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2041547
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID0021547
- IUPAC
- 4-Chloro-5-methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)phenol
- Molecular formula
- C10H13ClO
- Molecular weight
- 184.66 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Colour
- white
- Melting/freezing point
- 63 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 258.5 ℃
- Flash point
- 109.5 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.00906 ㎜Hg (25°C)
- Water solubility
- 1000 ㎎/ℓ (25℃)
- Vapour density
- 6.374352778736624
- Relative density
- 1.111
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 3.92
- Molecular weight
- 184.665
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 4 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.
- Deodorizer1
- Biocide1
- Preservative1
- Pharmaceutical (EPA)1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
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 2 studies
- SkinIrr2
Skin Irritation · QSAR Predicted - SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- 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
- Tlooto literature search
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata