CI 27755 is classed chemically as a disazo colour.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 4SA5S34DWJ · registered name FOOD BLACK 2 · single chemical substance
CI 27755 is classed chemically as a disazo colour. It conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · European Union · United Kingdom
- Restricted or banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · China · European Union · Taiwan
- Allowed colourant
- ASEAN · Taiwan
Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS) · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex IV (allowed colourants), entry 52
Source: EU allowed colourants (Annex IV)
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex II (prohibited substances), entry 1354
Restriction IV/52 II/1354 (Food Black 2; CI 27755: when used as a substance in hair dye products) · 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
- 2118-39-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 218-326-9
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID40879792
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID001017797
- IUPAC
- Tetrasodium 6-amino-4-hydroxy-3-[(E)-{7-sulfinato-4-[(E)-(4-sulfonatophenyl)diazenyl]naphthalen-1-yl}diazenyl]naphthalene-2,7-disulfonate
- Molecular formula
- C26H15N5Na4O12S4
- Molecular weight
- 809.63 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Melting/freezing point
- 349.84 ℃(est.)
- Molecular weight
- 809.63 (est.)
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.
- Dye1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 19
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU allowed colourants (Annex IV)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- EU prohibited substances (Annex II)
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3 4
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- 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
- Wikipedia · English